Myocardial infarction, acute ischemic stroke, and hyperglycemia triggered by acute chlorine gas inhalation

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1022.e1-1022.e4

  Kose, Ataman ^a   Kose, Beril ^b   Açikalin, Ayça ^a   Gunay, Nurullah ^c   Yildirim, Cuma ^b  

^a Twenty Five December State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Kayseri Education and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GAS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOXIA; INHALATION; INTOXICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STROKE;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHLORINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GAS POISONING; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349190325     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.12.029     Document Type: Article

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