Rodenticide poisoning as a cause of quadriparesis: a rare entity

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 625.e1-625.e3

  Torka, Pallawi ^a   Sharma, Rajeev ^a   Sood, Rita ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; RODENTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RARE DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 66049092216     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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