Experience with paraquat poisoning in a respiratory intensive care unit in North India

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1033-1037

  Agarwal, Ritesh ^a   Srinivas, R ^a   Aggarwal, A N ^a   Gupta, D ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; Immunosuppression; Methylprednisolone; Paraquat; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARAQUAT;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARAQUAT POISONING; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARAQUAT; PNEUMONIA; POISONING; SUICIDE;

EID: 33845463401     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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