Bronchospasm and laryngeal stridor as an adverse effect of oxytocin treatment

Critical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 392-

  Cabestrero, David ^a   Pérez Paredes, Carmen ^a   Fernández Cid, Ramón ^a   Arribas, Miguel A ^a  

^a Hospital Verge del Toro   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; DOXYCYCLINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; FUROSEMIDE; INOTROPIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANURIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; COLLOID; CONVALESCENCE; CRYSTALLOID; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; OLIGURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTIC ABORTION; SEPTIC SHOCK; STRIDOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYPNEA;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; BRONCHIAL SPASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 0346367170     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc2348     Document Type: Letter

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