Toxic squash syndrome: a case report

Nicholas Prudhomme¹, Andy Pan^{2

3}, Ariel Hendin^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Montfort Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. nicholasprudhomme@montfort.on.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Montfort Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
³ Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Montfort Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Case Reports

Nicholas Prudhomme et al. CJEM. 2022 Nov.

. 2022 Nov;24(7):780-782.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-022-00358-1. Epub 2022 Jul 22.

Nicholas Prudhomme¹, Andy Pan^{2

3}, Ariel Hendin^{2

3}

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Montfort Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. nicholasprudhomme@montfort.on.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Montfort Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
³ Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Montfort Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: Case report; Shock; Toxicology.

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