Torsades de pointes in amitraz poisoning

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 366-367

  Hu, Sung Yuan ^a,d,e,f   Hsu, Chia Lung ^a   Tsan, Yu Tse ^a,d,e   Hung, Dong Zong ^c   Hu, Wei Hsiung ^b,d,e   Li, Hong Ping ^e,g  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Tai An Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f National Taichung Nursing College   (Taiwan)

^g Taiwan Agricultural Chemicals   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMITRAZ; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BICARBONATE; DOPAMINE; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM; PESTICIDE; TOLUIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIAL GAS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRADYCARDIA; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART BEAT; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTOXICATION; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LOADING DRUG DOSE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; PULSE RATE; QT PROLONGATION; ST SEGMENT; STOMACH LAVAGE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TORSADE DES POINTES; TOXICOLOGY; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; TOLUIDINES; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 77951884310     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.11.009     Document Type: Letter

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