Successful treatment by exchange transfusion of a young infant with sodium nitroprusside poisoning

Korean Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 805-808

  Baek, Jong Geun ^a   Jeong, Hoar Lim ^a   Park, Ji Sook ^a   Seo, Ji Hyun ^a   Park, Eun Sil ^a   Lim, Jae Young ^a   Park, Chan Hoo ^a   Woo, Hyang Ok ^a   Youn, Hee Shang ^a   Yeom, Jung Sook ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cyanides; Detoxification; Exchange transfusion; Infant; Nitroprusside; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951733706     PISSN: 17381061     EISSN: 20927258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2010.53.8.805     Document Type: Article

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