Amlodipine poisioning complicated with acute non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hasson, Ruairi ^a   Mulcahy, Victoria ^a   Tahir, Hasan ^a  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; HARTMANN SOLUTION; OXYGEN; TROPONIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOXIA; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EDEMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 80053075059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.07.2011.4467     Document Type: Article

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