Mass casualty chemical exposure and implications for respiratory failure

Respiratory Care

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-63

  Muskat, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidotes; Blister agents; Blood agents; Chemical warfare agents; Lung damaging agents; Nerve agents; Respiratory effects of chemical agents

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMYL NITRITE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDOTE; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; CHLORINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIAZEPAM; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; LEWISITE; LORAZEPAM; MUSTARD GAS; OXYGEN; PHOSGENE; PRALIDOXIME CHLORIDE; SODIUM NITRITE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; TEAR GAS; THIOSULFATE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CONVALESCENCE; CYANIDE POISONING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG INJURY; LUNG TOXICITY; MASS DISASTER; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; VENTILATOR; WASTE MANAGEMENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HISTORY; LUNG DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIDOTES; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 39749097284     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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