An 89-year-old woman with angioedema during t-PA infusion for acute ischemic stroke

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 142-144

  Jahnke, Heidi K ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ENALAPRIL MALEATE; GLUCOSE; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; OXYCODONE; OXYGEN; PROPRANOLOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE DEFORMITY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; STRIDOR; TONGUE DISEASE; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 0037397485     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/men.2003.87     Document Type: Article

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