Prospective Study of Hydroxocobalamin for Acute Cyanide Poisoning in Smoke Inhalation

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Borron, Stephen W ^a   Baud, Frédéric J ^b   Barriot, Patrick ^c   Imbert, Michel ^d   Bismuth, Chantal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^c Département Risques Chimiques et Technologiques   (France)

^d LAVERAN MILITARY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHROMATURIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INHALATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SMOKE; SOOT; SPUTUM; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34248583155     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.01.026     Document Type: Article

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