A Clinical Decision Aid for Triage of Children Younger Than 5 Years and With Organophosphate or Carbamate Insecticide Exposure in Developing Countries

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 617-622

  Bond, G Randall ^a   Pièche, Sergio ^b   Sonicki, Zdenko ^c   Gamaluddin, Hany ^d   El Guindi, Mahmoud ^d   Sakr, Mahmoud ^d   El Seddawy, Amir ^d   Abouzaid, Mohammed ^d   Youssef, Ahmad ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d Ain Shams University Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ATROPINE; CARBAMATE INSECTICIDE; CHOLINESTERASE; FENTHION; IPECAC; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PRALIDOXIME;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; EGYPT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIOSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH LAVAGE;

ATROPINE; CARBAMATES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLINESTERASE REACTIVATORS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; OBIDOXIME CHLORIDE; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE;

EID: 56549102343     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.03.026     Document Type: Article

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