Mass barium carbonate poisoning with fatal outcome, lessons learned: A case series

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Ghose, Aniruddha ^a   Sayeed, Abdullah Abu ^a   Hossain, Amir ^a   Rahman, Ridwanur ^b   Faiz, Abul ^c   Haque, Gofranul ^a  

^a CHITTAGONG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^b DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^c SIR SALIMULLAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BARIUM CARBONATE; CREATINE KINASE; RODENTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BANGLADESH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FLOUR; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE SPASM; PARESTHESIA; POLICE; RESTLESSNESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

EID: 77953415715     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-9069     Document Type: Article

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