Utilizing the laboratory in the poisoned patient

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-30

  Eldridge, David L ^a   Holstege, Christopher P ^b,c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; DIFLUNISAL; DIGOXIN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FERRIC CHLORIDE; IRON; LITHIUM; METHANOL; METHEMOGLOBIN; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; POISON; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THEOPHYLLINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANION GAP; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INTOXICATION; NOMOGRAM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERUM OSMOLALITY;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POISONING; TOXICOLOGY; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 33645225453     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2006.01.003     Document Type: Review

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