Blood Levels of Methemoglobin in Patients with Aluminum Phosphide Poisoning and its Correlation with Patient's Outcome

Journal of Medical Toxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-43

  Mostafazadeh, Babak ^a,b   Pajoumand, Abdolkarim ^a,b   Farzaneh, Esmaeil ^c   Aghabiklooei, Abbas ^d   Rasouli, Mohammad Reza ^e  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ARDABIL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aluminum phosphide; Methemoglobinemia; Mortality; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE; ASCORBIC ACID; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS POISONING; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIMETRY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACIDOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; FEMALE; FUMIGATION; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; METHEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHINES; POISONING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RODENTICIDES; TIME FACTORS; TOXICOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952621057     PISSN: 15569039     EISSN: 19376995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13181-010-0121-7     Document Type: Article

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