Strychnine poisoning: Gone but not forgotten

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-

  Parker, A J ^a   Lee, J B ^a   Redman, J ^a   Jolliffe, L ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHOCARBAMOL; STRYCHNINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIURESIS; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTUBATION; MUSCLE SPASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA;

CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; METHOCARBAMOL; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRYCHNINE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751476799     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.080879     Document Type: Article

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