Prehospital diagnosis of massive ethylene glycol poisoning and use of an early antidote

Resuscitation

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 285-286

  Amathieu, Roland ^a,b   Merouani, Medhi ^a,b   Borron, Stephen W ^c   Lapostolle, Frédéric ^a   Smail, Nadia ^b   Adnet, Frédéric ^a  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene glycol; Fomepizole; Poisoning; Portable analyser; Prehospital care

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ANTIDOTE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

ADULT; ANTIDOTES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HUMANS; MALE; POISONING; PYRAZOLES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746882503     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.12.014     Document Type: Article

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