Systemic toxicity after an ocular exposure to xylazine hydrochloride

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 407-410

  Velez, Larissa I ^a   Shepherd, Greene ^b   Mills, Lisa D ^c   Rivera, Wilfredo ^a  

^a Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

eye; hypotension; toxicity; toxicology; xylazine

Indexed keywords

XYLAZINE;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONSCIOUSNESS; EYE LAVAGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; EYE INJURIES; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; VETERINARY DRUGS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; XYLAZINE;

EID: 33646873455     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.02.042     Document Type: Article

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