Multi organ failure following intravenous gasoline for suicide:A case report

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 846-848

  Mahmoodpoor, Ata ^a   Soleimanpour, Hassan ^a   Hamishehkar, Hadi ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gasoline; Intoxication; Multi organ failure

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CELL DAMAGE; DEATH; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIOTOMY; FOREARM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTUBATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SUICIDE; TISSUE NECROSIS;

FATAL OUTCOME; GASOLINE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POISONING; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84872744290     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 17359694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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