Severe poisoning with sotalol and verapamil. Recovery after 4 h of normothermic CPR followed by extra corporeal heart lung assist

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1378-1380

  Rygnestad, Tarjei ^a,b   Moen, S ^a   Wahba, A ^a   Lien, S ^a   Ingul, C B ^a   Schrader, H ^a   Knapstad, S E ^b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b National Poisons Information Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

CPR; ECHLA; Poisoning; Recovery; Sotalol; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG INTOXICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK; TIME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SOTALOL; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 25444436229     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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