Digoxin and Calcium: The Verdict is Still Out

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-

  Gupta, Amit ^a   Su, Mark ^a   Greller, Howard ^a   Majlesi, Nima ^a   Hoffman, Robert S ^b  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY POISON CONTROL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; DIGOXIN;

DIGOXIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIGOXIN TOXICITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG THERAPY; INTOXICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

CALCIUM; DIGOXIN; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; POISONING;

EID: 77953621760     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.05.038     Document Type: Letter

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