| ID (ISN) del documento | 39584 |
| Número CIS |
83-749 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
0378-8407 - Tempo médical |
| Año |
1982 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Mignée C., Conso F. |
| Título |
Acute toxic accidents at the workplace |
| Título original |
Accidents aigus toxiques en milieu professionnel [en francés] |
| Información bibliográfica |
Dec. 1982, No.118, p.67-82. Illus. |
| Resumen |
The degree of poisoning depends on the quantity of toxic material absorbed in a single exposure. Circumstances of accidents, general safety measures at the time of the accident, the biological fate of the toxin, and treatment at the site of the accident (symptomatic measures, specific treatments) are presented. Toxic mechanisms of carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, hydrocyanic acid and organophosphorus compounds, clinical signs and emergency treatment are discussed. Syndromes characteristics of acute poisoning are reviewed: disturbances of consciousness and toxic coma, acute pulmonary oedema, methaemoglobinaemia, antabuse syndrome, acute fever of toxic origin. Measures to be taken in the event of accidental entry of toxins into the eye, skin or gastrointestinal tract are presented. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
envenenamiento agudo; toxicología; primeros auxilios; tratamiento de urgencia; substancias tóxicas |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
óxido de carbono; sulfuro de hidrógeno; ácido cianhídrico; edema pulmonar; coma; fiebre de los fundidores; metahemoglobinemia; compuestos organofosforados |
| Tipo de documento |
D - Artículos periódicos |
| Tema(s) |
Patología profesional
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
First aid and emergency organization
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