A systematic review of aluminium phosphide poisoning

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-73

  Mehrpour, Omid ^a,b   Jafarzadeh, Mostafa ^c   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^c  

^a BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

human poisoning; mechanism of toxicity; pesticides; phosphides; phosphine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ALMOND OIL; ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE; ASCORBIC ACID; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; COCONUT OIL; DIGOXIN; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; HETASTARCH; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLENE BLUE; NORADRENALIN; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRALIDOXIME; SILVER NITRATE; SORBITOL; TRIMETAZIDINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ALUMINUM OVERLOAD; AORTA BALLOON; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVERSION; CYANOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE BIGEMINY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG TOXICITY; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MYOCARDITIS; NAUSEA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHOCK; STOMACH LAVAGE; SUICIDE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPEUTIC HYPERVENTILATION; TOXICOKINETICS; VOMITING;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHINES;

EID: 84859061599     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/10004-1254-63-2012-2182     Document Type: Review

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