Citation

Arthurs GJ, Wise CC, Coles GA. Anaesthesia 1977; 32(7): 642-643.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1977, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

331999

Abstract

A man aged 32 years who was poisoned with cresol is reported. It is suggested that in the absence of evidence about haemoperfusion over charcoal, forced diuresis is the only effective means of removing cresols from the body. Artifical ventilation controls early respiratory failure, but the patient remains at risk from toxic damage to the myocardium and lungs.

Language: en