Aminophylline for the treatment of symptomatic bradycardia and asystole secondary to cervical spine injury

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 250-252

  Weant, Kyle A ^a,b   Kilpatrick, Michaux ^b   Jaikumar, Sivakumar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminophylline; Asystole; Bradycardia; Methylxanthines; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ATROPINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBLUXATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AMINOPHYLLINE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 36949013651     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-007-0067-z     Document Type: Article

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