Pattern and outcome of acute poisoning cases in a tertiary care hospital in Karnataka, India

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 152-155

  Ramesha, K N ^a   Rao, Krishnamurthy B H ^b   Kumar, Ganesh S ^b  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute poisoning; Pattern and outcome; Tertiary care hospital

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALPRAZOLAM; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; KEROSENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PHENOBARBITAL; RODENTICIDE; SNAKE VENOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASSISTED VENTILATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INTOXICATION; JAUNDICE; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PNEUMONIA; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF POISONING; SEPTICEMIA; SNAKEBITE; SUDDEN DEATH; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 75749138158     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.58541     Document Type: Article

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