Copper sulphate toxicity in a young male complicated by methemoglobinemia, rhabdomyolysis and renal failure

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 490-491

  Hassan, Sarah ^a   Shaikh, Mohammad Usman ^b   Ali, Natasha ^b   Riaz, Mehmood ^b  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Copper sulphate; Methemoglobinemia; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BICARBONATE; BILIRUBIN; COPPER SULFATE; CREATININE; DIMERCAPROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE; PENICILLAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYANOSIS; DEHYDRATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXTUBATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTESTINE SOUND; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; ODYNOPHAGIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; STOMACH LAVAGE; THROMBOCYTE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; CHELATING AGENTS; COPPER SULFATE; DIMERCAPROL; HUMANS; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; POISONING; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955895427     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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