Diagnosis and treatment of cyanide toxicity

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 148-152

  Barillo, David J ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

^b US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROLEIN; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; AZELASTINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COBALT; COBALT EDETATE; CYANIDE; HYDROGEN; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; MELAMINE; METHEMOGLOBIN; NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OXYGEN; POLYACRYLONITRILE; POLYMER; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SULFATE; THIOSULFATE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; AMBLYOPIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ASPHYXIA; AUTOLYSIS; BRADYCARDIA; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORIMETRY; COMBUSTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANIDE POISONING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; LUNG BURN; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NEURITIS; OXIMETRY; RESUSCITATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINE DISCOLORATION;

ANTIDOTES; CHELATING AGENTS; CYANIDES; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; POISONING; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY;

EID: 59449102812     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181923b91     Document Type: Conference Paper

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