Acute barium toxicity from ingestion of "snake" fireworks

Journal of Medical Toxicology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 209-213

  Rhyee, Sean H ^a   Heard, Kennon ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barium; Fireworks; Hypokalemia

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; DIMERCAPROL; POTASSIUM; EXPLOSIVE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; DETERIORATION; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INGESTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEPHRECTOMY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEIZURE; SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; STOMACH LAVAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BARIUM; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIARRHEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; GASTRIC LAVAGE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; POTASSIUM; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 75349108979     PISSN: 15569039     EISSN: 19376995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178269     Document Type: Article

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