Tetramethylammonium hydroxide poisoning

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-217

  Lin, Chun Chi ^a   Yang, Chen Chang ^a,b   Ger, Jiin ^b   Deng, Jou Fang ^b   Hung, Dong Zong ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chemical burn; Respiratory failure; Tetramethylammonium; Tetramethylammonium hydroxide

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; WATER;

ADULT; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CHEMICAL BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORROSION; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOTOXICITY; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE BURN; GANGLION; HAND BURN; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG PRESSURE; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN; PARALYSIS; POISON CENTER; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SALIVATION; SCROTUM; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SKIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADULT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; DECONTAMINATION; DYSPNEA; GANGLIONIC STIMULANTS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951271472     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563651003627777     Document Type: Article

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