Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

Cardiac arrhythmias due to inhalants use, UTC for healthcare professionals

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez - 2 May 2020
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Consumption of inhalable solvents can provoke cardiac arrhythmias because those substances block the sodium channels in the heart's conduction system (Cruz, 2003)

sniffing correction fluid can stop your heart
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References

Cruz, M. C. S, Orta-Salazar, G., Gauthereau, M., Millán, L., & Salinas-Stefanon, E. (2003). Inhibition of cardiac sodium currents by toluene exposure. British Journal of Pharmacology, 140, 653 – 660.

 

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