Determining triage guidelines for unintentional overdoses with calcium channel antagonists

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 849-853

  Cantrell, F ^a,b,g   Clark, Richard ^a,c,d   Manoguerra, Anthony ^e,f  

^a California Poison Control System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose; Guidelines; Triage

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; FELODIPINE; NIFEDIPINE; NISOLDIPINE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; INTOXICATION; POISON CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; HUMANS; OVERDOSE; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644845989     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650500357511     Document Type: Review

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