Acute respiratory failure with a single dose of quetiapine fumarate

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 559-562

  Jabeen, Seema ^a,b   Polli, Stephanie I ^a   Gerber, David R ^a  

^a Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^b UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; Quetiapine fumarate

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; QUETIAPINE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; AGITATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DELIRIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DIBENZOTHIAZEPINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33645079141     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1G495     Document Type: Article

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