Too much of a good thing, is it bad? Adrenaline on trial

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1252, 2007, Pages

  Sood, Jai Deep ^a   Empson, Marianne ^a   Fitzharris, Penny ^a   Stewart, Jim ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INFUSION FLUID; METARAMINOL; PARACETAMOL; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROMETHAZINE; SIMVASTATIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PANIC; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TONGUE SWELLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICATION ERROR; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TONGUE DISEASE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARRHYTHMIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PULMONARY EDEMA; TONGUE DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34249316209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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