Tetramethylammonium ion causes respiratory failure related mortality in a rat model

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-124

  Wu, Chen Long ^a,b   Su, Shih Bin ^a,c,d   Chen, Jin Luh ^e,f   Chang, Cheng Ping ^g   Guo, How Ran ^a,b,h  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^f Labor Standards Inspection Office   (Taiwan)

^g INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^h NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atropine; Mechanical ventilation; Respiratory failure; Tetramethylammonium ion

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GANGLIONIC STIMULANTS; MALE; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PROGNOSIS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 83555177358     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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