Acute barium intoxication following accidental inhalation of barium chloride

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-295

  Tsai, C Y ^a   Tseng, C C ^a,b,c   Liu, S F ^a,b,c   Lin, M C ^a,b,c,d   Fang, W F ^a,b,c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d Xiamen Chang Gung Memorial Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FOLLOW UP; GAS POISONING; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; LETTER; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MALE; NAUSEA; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; BARIUM; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORIDES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79953021616     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02424.x     Document Type: Letter

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