Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning in our homes

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 169-170

  Sharma, Shruti ^a   Gupta, Rahul ^a   Paul, Barinder S ^a   Puri, Sandeep ^a   Garg, Shuchita ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Carboxyhemoglobin; Gas geyser; Liquefied petroleum gas; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN EDEMA; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; DECEREBRATION; EXTUBATION; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FRONTAL LOBE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN MASK; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARIETAL LOBE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PUTAMEN; SCHOOL CHILD; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 75749149369     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.58546     Document Type: Article

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