Fatal chloroquine poisoning: A rare cause of sudden cardiac arrest

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 296-297

  Phipps, Colin ^a   Chan, Kenneth ^a   Teo, Felicia ^b   Ponampalam, R ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; CHLOROQUINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUVOXAMINE; NAPROXEN; POTASSIUM; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BLOOD TOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEPRESSION; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; LOADING DRUG DOSE; QT INTERVAL; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 79960129424     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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