Third-Degree AV Block from Extended-Release Diltiazem Ingestion in a Nine-Month-Old

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 328-331

  Wills, Brandon K ^a,b   Liu, J Marc ^c   Wahl, Michael ^d,e  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Washington Poison Center   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS POISON CENTER   (United States)

^e Evanston Northwestern Healthcare ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

AV block; calcium channel blockers; pediatric ingestion; poisoning; toxicology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ATROPINE; DILTIAZEM; GLUCONATE CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; DRUG RELEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THIRD DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; VOMITING;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DILTIAZEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; OVERDOSE;

EID: 77949917332     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.10.053     Document Type: Article

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