Ventricular fibrillation after exposure to air freshener-death just a breath away

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-166

  Senthilkumaran, Subramanian ^a   Meenakshisundaram, Ramachandran ^b   Michaels, Andrew D ^c   Balamurgan, Namasivayam ^a   Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, Ponniah ^d  

^a Sri Gokulam Hospitals   (India)

^b MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c St Joseph Hospital   (United States)

^d Chennai Medical College Hospital and Research Center   (India)

Author keywords

blocker; Air freshener; Butane; Cardiac arrest; Catecholamine sensitized heart; Inhalation; Ventricular ectopy; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

BUTANE; DOPAMINE; ESMOLOL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICULAR ECTOPY; HUMAN; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; TELEMETRY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BUTANES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84857110015     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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