Intravenous injection of pharmaceutical tablets presenting as multiple pulmonary nodules and declining pulmonary function in an adolescent with cystic fibrosis

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Smith, Kelly J ^a   Elidemir, Okan ^a   Dishop, Megan K ^a   Eldin, Karen W ^a   Tatevian, Nina ^a   Moore, Robert H ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crospovidone; Cystic fibrosis; Intravenous; Microcrystalline cellulose; Pathology; Povidone; Pulmonary disease; Respiratory function tests; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCIUM OXALATE; CRYSTALLIN; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; EXCIPIENT; HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; PARACETAMOL;

ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; BRONCHUS FOREIGN BODY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZZINESS; DRUG FORMULATION; DYSPNEA; GIANT CELL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG NODULE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; EMBOLISM; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG COIN LESION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; TABLET;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EMBOLISM; EXCIPIENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; HYDROCODONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TABLETS;

EID: 33749070197     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0085     Document Type: Article

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