Intracranial hemorrhage after prehospital administration of intramuscular epinephrine

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Levis, Joel T ^a,b   Ford, Jonathan B ^c   Kuo, Albert M ^a,b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anaphylaxis; emergency department; epinephrine; intracranial hemorrhage; intramuscular

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; KETOROLAC; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; RANITIDINE; RIZATRIPTAN;

AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSECT ALLERGY; INSECT STING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIGRAINE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TONGUE; WASP;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; AGED; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, HYPERTENSIVE;

EID: 79958766352     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: 07364679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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