Stability of advanced life support drugs in the field

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 597-602

  Gill, Mark A ^a,b   Kislik, Alice Z ^b   Gore, Lana ^b   Chandna, Angela ^c,d  

^a Lab for Clinical Pharmacy Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Southern California Rx Relief   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atropine; Cardiac drugs; Epinephrine; Lidocaine; Parasympatholytic agents; Stability; Storage; Sympathomimetic agents; Syringes; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ATROPINE; CARDIAC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LIDOCAINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STANDARD; SYRINGE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOMETER; UNITED STATES; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AMBULANCES; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATROPINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; LOS ANGELES; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 2342559953     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/61.6.597     Document Type: Article

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