Incidence, causes and prognosis of hypotension related to meprobamate poisoning

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1582-1586

  Charron, Cyril ^a   Mekontso Dessap, Armand ^b   Chergui, Karim ^a   Rabiller, Anne ^a   Jardin, François ^a   Vieillard Baron, Antoine ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac failure; Cardiogenic shock; Echocardiography; Hypotension; Meprobamate; Self poisoning

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT; MEPROBAMATE;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG INTOXICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SELF POISONING; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN DILATATION;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CHARCOAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEPROBAMATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27744456023     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2816-9     Document Type: Review

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