Experiences with endosulfan mass poisoning in rural areas

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-56

  Durukan, Polat ^a   Ozdemir, Caglar ^a   Coskun, Ramazan ^a   Ikizceli, Ibrahim ^a   Esmaoglu, Aliye ^a   Kurtoglu, Selim ^a   Guven, Muhammet ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emergency; Intoxication; Therapy; Thiodan

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BICARBONATE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; DIAZEPAM; ENDOSULFAN; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; INSECTICIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGITATION; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINIZATION; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ANXIETY; APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONVULSION; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERSALIVATION; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MASS DISASTER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NAUSEA; PESTICIDE POISONING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH LAVAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXICOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URINALYSIS; URINE INCONTINENCE; VOMITING; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSULFAN; FEMALE; GASTRIC LAVAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; RURAL POPULATION; SEIZURES; TURKEY; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65849190387     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3283088e2b     Document Type: Article

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