Seizures, metabolic acidosis and coma resulting from acute isoniazid intoxication

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 518-520

  Topcu, I ^a,b   Yentur, E A ^a   Kefi, A ^a   Ekici, N Z ^a   Sakarya, M ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Merkez Efendi Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Isoniazid: intoxication, pyridoxine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACTIVATED CARBON; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BICARBONATE; CHARCOAL; DIAZEPAM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; ISONIAZID; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXINE; THIOPENTAL; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTOXICATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; STOMACH LAVAGE; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 23644451347     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0503300416     Document Type: Article

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