Medical emergencies in general dental practice in Great Britain Part 2: Drugs and equipment possessed by GDPs and used in the management of emergencies

British Dental Journal

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 125-130

  Atherton, G J ^a,b   McCaul, J A ^c   Williams, S A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Halifax General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; DRUG; GLUCOSE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID; VASODILATOR AGENT;

APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; EMERGENCY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; NEBULIZER; OXYGEN THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; ALBUTEROL; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCIES; ENGLAND; EPINEPHRINE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; NITROGLYCERIN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SCOTLAND; STEROIDS; SUCTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; WALES;

EID: 0033550577     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4800040a     Document Type: Article

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