Adequacy of antidote stocking in British Columbia hospitals: The 2005 Antidote Stocking Study

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 409-416

  Wiens, Matthew O ^a,b   Zed, Peter J ^a,b,c,d,e   Lepik, Katherine J ^a,f   Abu Laban, Riyad B ^g,h,i   Brubacher, Jeffrey R ^f,g   Gorman, Sean K ^a,e   Kent, Debra A ^a,f   Purssell, Roy A ^a,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (Canada)

^f BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (BC DPIC)

^g Department of Emergency Medicine

^h VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁱ Canadian Institutes of Health Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antidote; Overdose; Poisoning; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ALCOHOL; ANTIDOTE; ATROPINE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM SALT; CYANIDE; CYANIDE KIT; DEFEROXAMINE; DIGOXIN ANTIBODY; FLUMAZENIL; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; GLUCAGON; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; ISOPRENALINE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; METHYLENE BLUE; NALOXONE; PRALIDOXIME MESILATE; PROTAMINE SULFATE; PYRIDOXINE; SODIUM NITRITE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN K GROUP; WATER;

CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG STORAGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA;

EID: 33751110202     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500014214     Document Type: Review

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