Fatal flecainide intoxication

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 423-425

  Brazil, E ^a   Bodiwala, G G ^a   Bouch, D C ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flecainide; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BICARBONATE; FLECAINIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; DEATH; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; RESUSCITATION; SINUS RHYTHM; STOMACH LAVAGE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FLECAINIDE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERDOSE; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031792961     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.15.6.423     Document Type: Article

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