The effectiveness of combined treatment with methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide in oral paraquat poisoning

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 387-391

  Afzali, Saeed ^a   Gholyaf, Mahmoud ^b  

^a Sina Hospital Hamedan   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; Methylprednisolone; Paraquat; Survival

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MESNA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARAQUAT; SODIUM DITHIONITE; SORBITOL;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; IRAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PARAQUAT POISONING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK REDUCTION; STOMACH LAVAGE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARAQUAT; POISONING;

EID: 48449093601     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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