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Survival following intentional succinylcholine injection for self-harm

Succinylcholine is a short-acting depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent. We describe a case where the above drug was employed for self-harm by a health-care worker. The patient, a 28-year-old female, was brought to the emergency department (ED) in impending respiratory arrest and altered mental...

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Autores principales: Kunhahamed, Meenhas Oravil, Thomas, Vimal Koshy, Abraham, Siju Varghese, Palatty, Babu Urumese, Kallivalappil, Shibu C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7549520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33089028
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2452-2473.297468

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