Acute naphthalene poisoning following the non-accidental ingestion of mothballs

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Lim, H C ^a   Poulose, V ^b,c   Tan, Hock Heng ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Division of Respiratory Medicine

^c Medical Intensive Care Unit

Author keywords

Haemolysis; Methaemoglobinaemia; Mothball ingestion; Naphthalene; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE; NAPHTHALENE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; CYANOSIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SOUND; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE DAMAGE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NAPHTHALENE POISONING; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE RATE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SCHOOL STRESS; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; URINE ALKALINIZATION; VOMITING;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ASCORBIC ACID; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; METHYLENE BLUE; NAPHTHALENES; POISONING; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349277561     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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