Electrocardiographic Findings of Acute Organophosphate Poisoning

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-42

  Yurumez, Yusuf ^a   Yavuz, Yucel ^a   Saglam, Hayrettin ^a   Durukan, Polat ^b   Ozkan, Seda ^b   Akdur, Okhan ^b   Yucel, Murat ^b  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

electrocardiogram; Emergency Department; organophosphates; poisoning

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249101588     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.08.063     Document Type: Article

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