Clinical outcomes and kinetics of propanil following acute self-poisoning: A prospective case series

BMC Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Roberts, Darren M ^a,b,c   Heilmair, Renate ^d   Buckley, Nick A ^a,b,c,e   Dawson, Andrew H ^a,c,e   Fahim, Mohamed ^a,e   Eddleston, Michael ^a,c,f   Eyer, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^f ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLOROANILINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ASCORBIC ACID; METHYLENE BLUE; PROPANIL; 3,4-DICHLOROANILINE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; HERBICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLITE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; SELF POISONING; TOXICOKINETICS; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTOXICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; PROPANIL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63049117073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6904-9-3     Document Type: Article

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