Management of cardiac arrest following poisoning

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-22

  Gunja, Naren ^a,b   Graudins, Andis ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antidote; Cardiac arrest; Poisoning; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMIODARONE; AMISULPRIDE; AMPHETAMINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIDOTE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBAMIC ACID; CHLOROQUINE; CITALOPRAM; COCAINE; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INSULIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METOPROLOL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PHENOTHIAZINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROPRANOLOL; QUININE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; SOTALOL; THEOPHYLLINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE; VERAPAMIL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOTOXICITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

ANTIDOTES; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 79551481008     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01369.x     Document Type: Article

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