Effects of adrenergic-receptor blockade and ligation of spleen vessels on the hemodynamics of dogs injected with scorpion venom

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 365-372

  Tarasiuk, Ariel ^b   Sofer, Shaul ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiac output; Cardiovascular; Dog; Metabolic acidosis; Scorpion venom; Spleen; Venous return; adrenergic receptor blockade; adrenergic receptor blockade

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENVENOMATION; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMODYNAMICS; INOTROPISM; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASOCONSTRICTION; VEIN LIGATION; VENOUS RETURN;

EID: 0032962288     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199902000-00044     Document Type: Article

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