Assessment of hyperglycemia after calcium channel blocker overdoses involving diltiazem or verapamil

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2071-2075

  Levine, Michael ^a   Boyer, Edward W ^b   Pozner, Charles N ^a   Geib, Ann Jeannette ^c   Thomsen, Todd ^d   Mick, Nathan ^e   Thomas, Stephen H ^f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Harrisburg Hospital   (United States)

^d MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium channel blocker; Diltiazem; Hyperglycemia; Hyperinsulinemic euglycemia; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM; GLUCOSE; VERAPAMIL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DILTIAZEM; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 34548210908     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000278916.04569.23     Document Type: Article

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