Delayed salicylate toxicity at 35 hours without early manifestations following a single salicylate ingestion

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 1186-1188

  Rivera, Wilfredo ^a,b   Kleinschmidt, Kurt C ^a   Velez, Larissa I ^a   Shepherd, Greene ^a   Keyes, Daniel C ^a,b  

^a Section of Toxicology   (United States)

^b North Texas Poison Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Salicylate; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BICARBONATE; POTASSIUM; SALICYLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEZOAR; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLORUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TINNITUS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; OVERDOSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042597188     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1D575     Document Type: Article

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