Journal article
Salicylate Toxicity
The New England journal of medicine, v 383(13), pp 1288-1289
24 Sep 2020
PMID: 32966733
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Abstract
To the Editor:
Palmer and Clegg (June 25 issue)
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emphasize the potential difficulty in diagnosing chronic salicylate toxicity and the need to have a low threshold for requesting a plasma salicylate assay. The same considerations apply in the investigation of death of uncertain cause, particularly in older patients. It is important that a blood salicylate assay be part of the postmortem toxicologic study in the investigation of such a death.
The authors reply:
Chronic salicylate poisoning is easily overlooked because symptoms are often mild, are attributed to underlying coexisting conditions, or are mistakenly ascribed to the illness for which the . . .
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Details
- Title
- Salicylate Toxicity
- Creators
- A. Robert W Forrest - University of SheffieldBiff F Palmer - Southwestern Medical CenterDeborah J Clegg - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- The New England journal of medicine, v 383(13), pp 1288-1289
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000575544000027
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85091549465
- Other Identifier
- 991019357768504721
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