Terlipressin-induced severe left and right ventricular dysfunction in patient presented with upper gastrointestinal bleeding: case report and literature review

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 540.e1-540.e6

  Elzouki, Abdul Naser ^a   El Menyar, Ayman ^a,b   Ahmed, Emad ^a   Elbadri, Mohammed E ^a   Imam, Yahia Z ^a   Gurbanna, Bahlul A ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADRENALIN; DOPAMINE; TERLIPRESSIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GANGRENE; HEART DISEASE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MELENA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL ISCHEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; STOMACH DISEASE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 77951928667     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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