Excessive methaemoglobinaemia and multi-organ failure following 4-DMAP antidote therapy

Resuscitation

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-235

  Kerger, Heinz ^a   Dodidou, Petroula ^b   Passani Kruppa, Daniela ^b   Grüttner, Joachim ^b   Birmelin, Monika ^a   Volz, Alexander ^a   Waschke, Klaus F ^b  

^a Evangelical Diakony Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

4 Dimethyl amino phenol; Cyanide; Methaemoglobin; Methyl isocyanate; Multiple organ failure; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

4 DIMETHYLAMINOPHENOL; ANTIDOTE; BICARBONATE; DOPAMINE; LACTIC ACID; METHYL ISOCYANATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COLLOID; CRYSTALLOID; CYANIDE POISONING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIDOTES; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISOCYANATES; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22744444053     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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