Accidental intravenous administration of racemic adrenalin in children: Three case reports;Feiladministrering av racemisk adrenalin: Tre livstruende tilfeller etter intravenos injeksjon hos barn

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1080-1081

  Zeller, Bernward ^a   Bangstad, Hans Jacob ^b  

^a Barneavdelingen   (Norway)

^b AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG FORMULATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CHILD; EMERGENCIES; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS;

EID: 0032502339     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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