Methylene blue reverses recalcitrant shock in β-blocker and calcium channel blocker overdose

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Aggarwal, Nidhi ^a   Kupfer, Yizhak ^a   Seneviratne, Chanaka ^a   Tessler, Sidney ^a  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DOPAMINE; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; INFUSION FLUID; INSULIN; METHYLENE BLUE; NORADRENALIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SOMNOLENCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VASODILATORY SHOCK; VOMITING;

EID: 84873359416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007402     Document Type: Article

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