Is there a relationship between the blood cholinesterase and QTc interval in the patients with acute organophosphate poisoning?

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 927-930

  Baydin, A ^a   Aygun, D ^a   Yazici, M ^a   Karatas, A ^a   Deniz, T ^b   Yardan, T ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34248402782     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2006.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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