Cardiac conduction disturbances after an overdose of nefazodone and gabapentin

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 886-888

  Rasimas, Joseph J ^a   Burkhart, Keith K ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; GABAPENTIN; NEFAZODONE; QUINAPRIL; RABEPRAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DROWSINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION; SELF POISONING; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AMINES; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; OVERDOSE; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 33750616616     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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