Successful management of sewage gas poisoning- Case report
Keywords:
intensive care, sewage gas, poisoning, critical careAbstract
Management of poisoning cases is still a big challenge to the critical care field. These poisons could be accidental, suicidal or homicidal. And in many cases antidotes are not there or they are not rapidly available. And most of the time victims are brought to critical care in mentally obtended state where the history is not even available. And one of the highly fataltype of poisoning is sewage gas poisoning. Victims scum to the toxic substance or due to secondary phenomenon of multi-organ failure.
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