Clinical management of casualties exposed to lung damaging agents: A critical review

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 421-424

  Russell, David ^a   Blaine, P G ^a   Rice, P ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,8,11,14 ICOSATETRAYNOIC ACID; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUCLADESINE; BUDESONIDE; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; CHLORINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DIMETHYLTHIOUREA; DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; GALLIC ACID PROPYL ESTER; HYDROCORTISONE; IBUPROFEN; ISOPRENALINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUSTARD GAS; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYGEN; PENICILLIN G; PHOSGENE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; KIDNEY INJURY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INJURY; LUNG TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; STRIDOR; TOXIC INHALATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG DISEASES; MUSTARD COMPOUNDS; PHOSGENE; PORPHYRINS; RATS; SWINE;

EID: 33748618946     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.011775     Document Type: Review

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