A case of two adverse reactions

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 946, 2004, Pages 484-486

  Smith, L A ^a,b   Harkness, M ^a  

^a FRIARAGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; AMLODIPINE; AMOXICILLIN; ATENOLOL; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLIZINE; DIAMORPHINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENOXAPARIN; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; FOSFESTROL TETRASODIUM; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERINE TRINITRATE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; GOSERELIN; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; LEPIRUDIN; LIDOCAINE; LISINOPRIL; MEFENAMIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; PETHIDINE; TINZAPARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; HYPOTENSION; INJECTION SITE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN NECROSIS; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TONGUE DISEASE; TONGUE SWELLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA;

AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTICOAGULANTS; CORONARY STENOSIS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENOXAPARIN; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 4243058216     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.017020     Document Type: Article

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