Therapeutic options to treat mustard gas poisoning – Review

Among the blistering (vesicant) chemical warfare agents (CWA), sulfur mustard is the most important since it is known as the “King of chemical warfare agents”. The use of sulfur mustard has caused serious damages in several organs, especially the eyes, skin, respiratory, central and peripheral nervo...

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Autores principales: Rafati-Rahimzadeh, Mehrdad, Rafati-Rahimzadeh, Mehravar, Kazemi, Sohrab, Moghadamnia, Ali Akbar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Babol University of Medical Sciences 2019
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6729161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31558985
http://dx.doi.org/10.22088/cjim.10.3.241
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Sumario:Among the blistering (vesicant) chemical warfare agents (CWA), sulfur mustard is the most important since it is known as the “King of chemical warfare agents”. The use of sulfur mustard has caused serious damages in several organs, especially the eyes, skin, respiratory, central and peripheral nervous systems after short and long term exposure, incapacitating and even killing people and troops. In this review, chemical properties, mechanism of actions and their effects on each organ, clinical manifestations, diagnostic evaluation of the actions triage, and treatment of injuries have been described.

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