Intoxication by large amounts of barium nitrate overcome by early massive K supplementation and oral administration of magnesium sulphate

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-37

  Payen, Christine ^a   Dellinger, Arnaud ^b   Pulce, Corine ^a   Cirimele, Vincent ^c   Carbonnel, Vincent ^b   Kintz, Pascal ^c   Descotes, Jacques ^a  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b Hospital of Chalon Sur Saône   (France)

^c Laboratoire ChemTox   (France)

Author keywords

acute poisoning; arrhythmia; barium nitrate; hypokalemia; oral magnesium sulphate; potassium supplementation

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BARIUM NITRATE; CANRENOATE POTASSIUM; FUMIGANT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; AGED; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NITRATES; POTASSIUM; RODENTICIDES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650217978     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327110366781     Document Type: Article

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