N-Acetylcysteine as the magic bullet: Too good to be true

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 645-646

  Molnár, Zsolt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Fat embolism; Free radicals; N acetylcysteine; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG OVERDOSE; EDITORIAL; FAT EMBOLISM; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 38549130200     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000299841.13197.94     Document Type: Editorial

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