Prevention of fetal and maternal cyanide toxicity from nitroprusside with coinfusion of sodium thiosulfate in gravid ewes

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1121-1126

  Curry, Steven C ^a,b   Carlton, Michael W ^c   Raschke, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SODIUM THIOSULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE;

EID: 0030988636     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199705000-00031     Document Type: Article

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