A risk for obstruction of the airways in the parenteral use of levomepromazine with benzodiazepine

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 126-130

  Hatta, K ^a   Takahashi, T ^a   Nakamura, H ^b   Yamashiro, H ^a   Endo, H ^a   Kito, K ^a   Saeki, T ^a   Masui, K ^a   Yonezawa, Y ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; NITRAZEPAM; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0031687378     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979313     Document Type: Article

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