Ethylene glycol toxicity

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 660-663

  Cox, Robert D ^a   Phillips, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ACTIVATED CARBON; BICARBONATE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MAGNESIUM; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ACIDOSIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ACIDOSIS; ADOLESCENT; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAZOLES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 7244253059     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.8.660     Document Type: Article

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