Third-degree atrioventricular block in an adolescent following acute alcohol intoxication

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Van Cleef, Anne N H ^a   Schuurman, Marijn J ^a   Busari, Jamiu O ^a  

^a Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FLUMAZENIL;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 80054036174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.07.2011.4547     Document Type: Article

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