Subendocardial infarction in a young survivor of aluminium phosphide poisoning

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 457-460

  Kaushik, Rajeev M ^a   Kaushik, Reshma ^a   Mahajan, Sukhdev K ^a  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminium phosphide; Poisoning; Subendocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATINE KINASE MB; DOPAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; INFUSION FLUID; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PESTICIDE; RANITIDINE; SILVER NITRATE; TROPONIN I;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BREATH ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH LAVAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHINES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447318074     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327107074618     Document Type: Article

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