Quadriplegia due to lead-contaminated opium

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1411-1416

  Beigmohammadi, Mohammad Taqhi ^a   Aghdashi, Moosa ^b   Najafi, Atabak ^b   Mojtahedzadeh, Mojtaba ^c   Karvandian, Kassra ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*

^c Pharmacotherapyin Intensive Care Medicine

Author keywords

Lead; Lead poisoning; Opium; Quadriplegia

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; DIMERCAPROL; EDETIC ACID; LEAD; NARCOTIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; QUADRIPLEGIA;

ADULT; CHELATING AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIMERCAPROL; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EDETIC ACID; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NARCOTICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OPIUM; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 58049162459     PISSN: 05440440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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