A phase II clinical trial to assess the safety of clonidine in acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning

Trials

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages 73-

  Perera, Polwattage M S ^a   Jayamanna, Shaluka F ^a,d   Hettiarachchi, Raja ^a,d   Abeysinghe, Chandana ^a,e   Karunatilake, Harindra ^a,e   Dawson, Andrew H ^a,b,c   Buckley, Nick A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Polonnaruwa General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^e Chilaw General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CATAPRESS; CHLORPYRIFOS; CLONIDINE; DIMETHOATE; DIMPYLATE; FENTHION; INFUSION FLUID; MONOCROTOPHOS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PHENTHOATE; PLACEBO; PRALIDOXIME; PROFENOFOS; QUINALPHOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTOXICATION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIDOTES; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES;

EID: 70350106721     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-10-73     Document Type: Article

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