A case of sudden death after intramuscular injection of butylscopolamine bromide

Legal Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 194-197

  Ikegaya, Hiroshi ^a,b   Saka, Kanju ^b   Sakurada, Koichi ^a   Nakamura, Mihoko ^b   Yoshida, Ken ichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

anaphylaxis; butylscopolamine bromide; intramuscular injection

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; BUTYLSCOPOLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; DEATH, SUDDEN; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS;

EID: 33646774357     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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