Acute endosulfan poisoning: A retrospective study

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 309-316

  Mi Moon, Jeong ^a   Jo Chun, Byeong ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endosulfan; Intoxication; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHARCOAL; CHLORIDE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; ENDOSULFAN; GLUCOSE; MYOGLOBIN; PHENOBARBITAL; POTASSIUM; PROPOFOL; SODIUM; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSULFAN POISONING; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTOXICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY INJURY; LATENT PERIOD; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEIZURE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; ST SEGMENT; STOMACH LAVAGE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURVIVOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSULFAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; INTENSIVE CARE; KOREA; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEIZURES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349247896     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327109106488     Document Type: Article

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