Rapture of the large intestine caused by severe oral glyphosate-surfactant intoxication

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 459-460

  Palli, Eleni ^a   Makris, Demosthenes ^a   Diakaki, Chrysi ^a   Garoufalis, Grigorios ^a   Zakynthinos, Epaminondas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMYLASE; CREATININE; GLYPHOSATE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INOTROPIC AGENT; POTASSIUM; UREA;

ABSCESS; AGED; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; FLUID THERAPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE DISTENSION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE SOUND; INTOXICATION; INTUBATION; LETTER; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PERITONITIS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SEDATION; STOMACH DISTENSION; STOMACH LAVAGE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; GLYCINE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; INTESTINE, LARGE; MALE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 79955679547     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.12.002     Document Type: Letter

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