Isopropyl alcohol poisoning from cast application: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1998-1999

  Krieg, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; CODEINE; PARACETAMOL; PROMETHAZINE;

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAST APPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIFFUSE ENCEPHALOPATHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELIXIR; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INTOXICATION; ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL POISONING; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PLANT SPINE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOLOGY; VOMITING;

EID: 51349120106     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00053     Document Type: Article

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