High-dose pralidoxime for organophosphorus poisoning

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9571, 2007, Pages 1425-

  Goel, Ashish ^a   Aggarwal, Praveen ^a   Bhoi, Sanjeev ^a   Gupta, Vineet ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PRALIDOXIME;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG MEGADOSE; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTOXICATION; INTUBATION; LETTER; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SIDE EFFECT; VENTILATOR;

EID: 34247399025     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60657-6     Document Type: Letter

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