Intravenous chlorpromazine for the emergency treatment of uncontrolled symptomatic hypertension in the pre-hospital setting: Data from 500 consecutive cases

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 812-815

  Viskin, Sami ^a,c   Berger, Michael ^a,c   Ish Shalom, Maya ^a,c   Malov, Nomi ^b   Tamari, Mira ^b   Golovner, Michal ^b   Kehati, Meyara ^b   Zeltser, David ^a,c   Roth, Arie ^a,b,c  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Medical Services   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chlorpromazine; Emergency; Heart failure; Hypertension; Pre hospital

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHLORPROMAZINE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 29444435088     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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