Further evidence of the usefulness of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scoring system in acute paraquat poisoning

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-102

  Huang, Neng Chyan ^a   Hung, Yao Min ^a   Lin, Shoa Lin ^a,b   Wann, Shue Ren ^a   Hsu, Chien Wei ^a   Ger, Luo Ping ^a   Hung, Shin Yuan ^c   Chung, Hsiao Min ^a,b   Yeh, Jeng Hsien ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; Paraquat; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PARAQUAT; HERBICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAQUAT POISONING; PREDICTION; REGISTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTOXICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; ROC CURVE; URINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAQUAT; POISONING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33645973661     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650500514251     Document Type: Article

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