Successful whole bowel irrigation in self-poisoning with potassium capsules

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1102-1103

  Höjer, Jonas ^a   Forsberg, Sune ^b  

^a Swedish Poisons Information Centre   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CREATININE; INSULIN; MACROGOL; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEFIBRILLATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE PSYCHOSIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE LAVAGE; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RESUSCITATION; SELF POISONING; SINUS RHYTHM; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; STOMACH LAVAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUBE REMOVAL; WHOLE BOWEL IRRIGATION;

ADULT; CAPSULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; IRRIGATION; POISONING; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 57449087685     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650802415165     Document Type: Letter

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