Increasing frequency of severe clinical toxicity after use of 2,4-dinitrophenol in the UK: A report from the National Poisons Information Service

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 383-386

  Kamour, Ashraf ^a   George, Nathan ^a   Gwynnette, David ^a   Cooper, Gillian ^b   Lupton, David ^c   Eddleston, Michael ^c   Thompson, John Paul ^b   Vale, John Allister ^d   Thanacoody, Harry Krishna Ruben ^a   Hill, Simon ^a   Thomas, Simon Hugh Lynton ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; EXPOSURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AKATHISIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; DYSPNEA; HEADACHE; INTOXICATION; POISON CENTER; RASH; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

2,4-DINITROPHENOL; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DYSPNEA; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GREAT BRITAIN; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; NAUSEA; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929092477     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-203335     Document Type: Article

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