Multiple organ failure following lamp oil aspiration

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 304-306

  Yu, Mei Ching ^a   Lin, Ja Liang ^a   Wu, Chang Teng ^a   Hsia, Shao Hsuan ^a   Lee, Fan ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aspiration pneumonitis; Lamp oil; Multiple organ failure; Paraffin

Indexed keywords

OIL;

ANURIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PANCYTOPENIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THROAT; VOMITING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OILS; PARAFFIN; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION;

EID: 34047183190     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650601072241     Document Type: Article

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