Anticholinergic poisoning in colicky infants treated with hyoscyamine sulfate

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 532-535

  Myers, John H ^a,b   Moro Sutherland, Donna ^a   Shook, Joan E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticholinergic toxicity; Colic; Hyoscyamine; Infant

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GASTROSED; HYOSCYAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLIC; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; MALE; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH LAVAGE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 12644296998     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(97)90203-5     Document Type: Article

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