Butane Toxicity: The Curse of Volatile Solvent Abuse

We discuss the presentation and management of a young person who presented to the emergency department with butane toxicity. A delay in recognition of butane toxicity can have fatal consequences. On the contrary, prompt recognition of the clinical scenario by physicians can lead to early commencemen...

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Autores principales: Awais Tahir, Petr Pokorny, Naveed Malek
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Publicado: Karger Publishers 2021
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8405c1b4546445dc906a9143969a824d2021-11-04T14:40:32ZButane Toxicity: The Curse of Volatile Solvent Abuse2571-726X10.1159/000519161https://doaj.org/article/8405c1b4546445dc906a9143969a824d2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/519161https://doaj.org/toc/2571-726XWe discuss the presentation and management of a young person who presented to the emergency department with butane toxicity. A delay in recognition of butane toxicity can have fatal consequences. On the contrary, prompt recognition of the clinical scenario by physicians can lead to early commencement of appropriate treatment with a potential for full recovery.Awais TahirPetr PokornyNaveed MalekKarger Publishersarticlebutane toxicityvolatile substance misusearrhythmiasMedicineRENDubai Medical Journal, Pp 1-4 (2021)
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topic butane toxicity
volatile substance misuse
arrhythmias
Medicine
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spellingShingle butane toxicity
volatile substance misuse
arrhythmias
Medicine
R
Awais Tahir
Petr Pokorny
Naveed Malek
Butane Toxicity: The Curse of Volatile Solvent Abuse
description We discuss the presentation and management of a young person who presented to the emergency department with butane toxicity. A delay in recognition of butane toxicity can have fatal consequences. On the contrary, prompt recognition of the clinical scenario by physicians can lead to early commencement of appropriate treatment with a potential for full recovery.
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author Awais Tahir
Petr Pokorny
Naveed Malek
author_facet Awais Tahir
Petr Pokorny
Naveed Malek
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title Butane Toxicity: The Curse of Volatile Solvent Abuse
title_short Butane Toxicity: The Curse of Volatile Solvent Abuse
title_full Butane Toxicity: The Curse of Volatile Solvent Abuse
title_fullStr Butane Toxicity: The Curse of Volatile Solvent Abuse
title_full_unstemmed Butane Toxicity: The Curse of Volatile Solvent Abuse
title_sort butane toxicity: the curse of volatile solvent abuse
publisher Karger Publishers
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/8405c1b4546445dc906a9143969a824d
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