An unusual circumstance of internal chemical burn injury - A case report

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 450-453

  Suresh Kumar Shetty, B ^a   Shetty, Mahabalesh ^b   Raj Kumar, K ^a   Shrinidhi, ^a   Ullal, Harshavardhan ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NITTE DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical burn injury; Internal autopsy findings in nitric acid ingestion; Nitric acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LIVER ENZYME; NITRIC ACID;

ACIDOSIS; ACIDURIA; ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRADYCARDIA; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL BURN; DETERIORATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; PERITONITIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PROTEINURIA; PYURIA; SEPTIC SHOCK; SUICIDE;

BURNS, CHEMICAL; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NITRIC ACID; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONITIS; STOMACH; SUICIDE;

EID: 50149085510     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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