Armitraz poisoning: Clinical and laboratory findings

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 482-486

  Aǧin, Hasan ^a,b   Çalkavur, Şebnem ^a   Uzun, Hakan ^a   Bak, Mustafa ^a  

^a DR BEHÇET UZ CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amitraz; Children; Intensive care unit; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMITRAZ; ATROPINE; FORMAMIDINE; PESTICIDE; INSECTICIDE; TOLUIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRADYCARDIA; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STOMACH LAVAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VERTIGO; VOMITING; CHILD; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; TOLUIDINES;

EID: 3242691706     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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