A dramatic drop in blood pressure following prehospital GTN administration

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-226

  Boyle, Malcolm J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATROPINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HARTMANN SOLUTION; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY CARE; FACE MASK; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MALE; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NITROGLYCERIN; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 34147140826     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.042432     Document Type: Article

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