Life-threatening calcium channel blocker overdose and its management

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rizvi, Imran ^a   Ahmad, Ajaz ^b   Gupta, Ankush ^c   Zaman, Shamsuz ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Holy Family Hospital   (India)

^c MILITARY HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMLODIPINE; CALCIUM ION; DOPAMINE; GLUCAGON; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INSULIN; NORADRENALIN; OXYGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING RATE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NAUSEA; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RESUSCITATION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; STOMACH LAVAGE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VOMITING;

EID: 84864741031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.01.2012.5643     Document Type: Article

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