Decontamination and enhanced elimination in sustained-release potassium chloride poisoning

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 769-772

  Gunja, Naren ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cathartic; Decontamination; Poisoning; Potassium chloride; Sustained release preparation

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MACROGOL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SALBUTAMOL;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLADDER IRRIGATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OXYGEN SATURATION; P WAVE; PH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; T WAVE; TACHYCARDIA; VASCULAR ACCESS; VITAL SIGN; VOMITING;

ADULT; CHILD; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FEMALE; GASTRIC LAVAGE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; OVERDOSE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83355160702     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01469.x     Document Type: Article

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