Multiple-dose activated charcoal in yellow oleander poisoning

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9631, 2008, Pages 2171-

  de Silva, H Asita ^a   Pathmeswaran, Arunasalam ^a   Lalloo, David G ^b   de Silva, H Janaka ^a   Aronson, Jeffrey K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; GLYCOSIDE;

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEATH; FATALITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LETTER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHRUB; YELLOW OLEANDER POISONING; DOSE RESPONSE; MORTALITY; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THEVETIA;

CHARCOAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; POISONING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THEVETIA;

EID: 45849109234     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60949-6     Document Type: Letter

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