Anaphylaxis gets the adrenaline going

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-129

  Brown, A F T ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANT VENOM; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANAPHYLAXIS; BLINDNESS; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLAPSE; CONFUSION; CYANOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; FECES INCONTINENCE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSECT STING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RESUSCITATION; STRIDOR; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINE INCONTINENCE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WHEEZING;

ANAPHYLAXIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 1542396096     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.010652     Document Type: Editorial

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