Clinical findings and cholinesterase levels in children of organophosphates and carbamates poisoning

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 951-956

  El Naggar, Abd El Rahman ^a   Abdalla, Mohammed Shehata ^a   El Sebaey, Alaa S ^a   Badawy, Sayed M ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Carbamates; Children; Cholinesterase activity; Organophosphates; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ATROPINE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHOLINESTERASE; OBIDOXIME; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARBAMATE POISONING; CHILD; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REACTIVATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTOXICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; STOMACH LAVAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ATROPINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBAMATES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLINESTERASE REACTIVATORS; CHOLINESTERASES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; MALE; OBIDOXIME CHLORIDE; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; POISONING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67449118643     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-008-0866-z     Document Type: Article

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