Converting IV nitroglycerin therapy to nitroglycerin ointment therapy: A comparison of two methods

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-130

  Esposito, Gerard A ^a   Dunham, Gary ^a   Granger, Bradi B ^a   Tudor, Gail E ^a   Granger, Christopher B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032011384     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc1998.7.2.123     Document Type: Article

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