Hyperbaric oxygenation in the treatment of life-threatening isobutyl nitrite-induced methemoglobinemia - A case report

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1047-1049

  Lindenmann, Joerg ^a   Matzi, V ^a   Kaufmann, P ^a   Krisper, P ^a   Maier, A ^a   Porubsky, C ^a   Smolle Juettner, F M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; ISOBUTYL NITRITE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOSIS; DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPOXIA; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIDOTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NITRITES; STREET DRUGS; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748537691     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370600904629     Document Type: Article

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