Response to dopamine vs norepinephrine in tricyclic antidepressant- induced hypotension

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 864-868

  Tran, T Paul ^a,c   Panacek, Edward A ^a,b   Rhee, Kenneth J ^c   Foulke, Garrett E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic antidepressant; Hypotension; Overdose; TCA; Treatment; Tricyclic andepressant; Vasopressor

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030823437     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03811.x     Document Type: Article

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