Drug points: Intranasal chlorhexidine resulting in anaphylactic circulatory arrest

BMJ

Volumn 315, Issue 7111, 1997, Pages 785-

  Chisholm, D G ^a   Calder, I ^a   Peterson, D ^a   Powell, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; EPHEDRINE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTANTS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030929384     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7111.785     Document Type: Article

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