Oral benadryl and central venous catheter abuse - A potentially "lethal combination"

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 604-606

  Sundararaghavan, Sreekanthan ^a,b   Suarez, William A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b Mercy Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Central venous catheter; Diphenhydramine (Benadryl); Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DIURETIC AGENT; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 4544298055     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000139743.38968.7f     Document Type: Article

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