Cyanide poisoning caused by ingestion of apricot seeds

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-43

  Akyildiz, B N ^a   Kurtoglu S ^b   Kondolot, M ^a   Tunc A ^a  

^a Department of Pediatric Intensive Care ^*  (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMYGDALIN; ANTIDOTE; BICARBONATE; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; INSULIN;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; APRICOT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CYANIDE POISONING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INGESTION; INSULIN TREATMENT; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PLANT SEED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH LAVAGE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACIDOSIS; ANTIDOTES; CHARCOAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; CYANIDES; EATING; FEMALE; GASTRIC LAVAGE; HEMATINICS; HUMANS; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; MALE; POISONING; PRUNUS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEEDS; SEIZURES; SODIUM BICARBONATE; TURKEY;

EID: 77749302270     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532810X12637745451951     Document Type: Article

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