Evaluation of the Test-mate ChE (Cholinesterase) Field Kit in Acute Organophosphorus Poisoning

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Rajapakse, Bishan N ^a,b,g   Thiermann, Horst ^c   Eyer, Peter ^d   Worek, Franz ^c   Bowe, Steven J ^e   Dawson, Andrew H ^a,h   Buckley, Nicholas A ^a,b,f  

^a South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration   (Sri Lanka)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ATROPINE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE; DIMETHOATE; DIMPYLATE; HEMOGLOBIN; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PHENTHOATE; PRALIDOXIME CHLORIDE; QUINALPHOS;

ACUTE ORGANOPHOSPHORUS SELF POISONING; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RESUSCITATION; SELF POISONING; TEST MATE CHE FIELD KIT;

EID: 81555216037     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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