"Ghost peak" in gas chromatography in a delirious woman with severe metabolic acidosis: Intoxication with an unknown substance?;"Geisterpeak" in der gas-chromatografie bei schwerer metabolischer azidose: Intoxikation mit unbekannter substanz?

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 131, Issue 49, 2006, Pages 2770-2773

  Franzen, Daniel ^a   Rentsch, K M ^b   Fischer Vetter, J ^a,c   Staubli M ^a  

^a Medizinische Klinik Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Abteilung für Nephrologie und Dialyse   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Anion gap; Diabetes mellitus; Intoxication; Toluene

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; COCAINE; INSULIN; TOLUENE;

ACIDEMIA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIRIUM; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADULT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DELIRIUM; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; SOLVENTS; TOLUENE;

EID: 33846272186     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957181     Document Type: Article

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