Calcium Gluconate in Severe Verapamil Intoxication
- 10 March 1994
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 330 (10) , 718-720
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199403103301019
Abstract
Intoxication with verapamil is a serious and often fatal condition, complicated by severe hypotension and cardiac-conduction abnormalities1-4. The current therapeutic approach involves intravenous atropine, catecholamines, ventilation, and the insertion of a pacemaker.Keywords
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