Acute phenol poisoning: A life-threatening hazard of chronic pain relief

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 250-253

  Gupta, Sachin ^a   Ashrith, Guha ^a   Chandra, Divay ^b   Gupta, Aditya Kumar ^a   Finkel, Kewin W ^c   Guntupalli, Jayarama S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Div of Ren Dis and Hypertension   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute; Adult; Kidney tubular necrosis; Pain; Phenol; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

PHENOL;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG SAFETY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROLYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANALGESICS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LUNG; MALE; OVERDOSE; PAIN; PHENOLS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40849140798     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650701438888     Document Type: Article

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