Critical care management of verapamil and diltiazem overdose with a focus on Vasopressors: A 25-year experience at a single center

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 252-258

  Levine, Michael ^a,b,c   Curry, Steven C ^a,b   Padilla Jones, Angela ^a   Ruha, Anne Michelle ^a,b  

^a BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; GLUCAGON; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; ISOPRENALINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; VERAPAMIL;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESUSCITATION; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARIZONA; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CRITICAL CARE; DILTIAZEM; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VERAPAMIL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882913701     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.03.018     Document Type: Article

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