Drug overdoses requiring temporary cardiac pacing; A study of six cases treated at Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-18

  McGlinchey, P G ^a   McNeill, A J ^a  

^a ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; ATROPINE; BISOPROLOL; DIGOXIN; DIGOXIN ANTIBODY F(AB) FRAGMENT; DILTIAZEM; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; FLECAINIDE; GELATIN SUCCINATE; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; MEFENAMIC ACID; NIFEDIPINE; QUININE SULFATE; SOTALOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031864045     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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