The myth of a minimum dose for atropine

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 783-784

  Barrington, Keith J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR;

BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; NOTE; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE;

AGE FACTORS; ATROPINE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CURRICULUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MYTHOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION;

EID: 79953321828     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1475     Document Type: Note

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