Availability of and use of Intralipid (lipid rescue therapy, lipid emulsion) in England and Wales

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 590-592

  Hamann, Philip ^a   Dargan, Paul I ^b   Parbat, Nisha ^a   Ovaska, Hanna ^a   Wood, David M ^b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; INTRALIPID; PROPRANOLOL; QUETIAPINE; SERTRALINE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DATA COLLECTION; EMULSIONS; ENGLAND; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SOYBEAN OIL; WALES;

EID: 77955379942     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.083352     Document Type: Article

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