Calcium channel blocker overdose: Experience with amlodipine

Amlodipine overdose is only scarcely reported from India. We report two cases of near fatal Amlodipine overdose managed in our ICU with fluid, vasopressors, calcium infusion and Glucagon. Literature is reviewed and other treatment modalities discussed.

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Autores principales: Ghosh, Supradip, Sircar, Mrinal
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19742263
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.45080
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spelling pubmed-27383222009-09-08 Calcium channel blocker overdose: Experience with amlodipine Ghosh, Supradip Sircar, Mrinal Indian J Crit Care Med Case Report Amlodipine overdose is only scarcely reported from India. We report two cases of near fatal Amlodipine overdose managed in our ICU with fluid, vasopressors, calcium infusion and Glucagon. Literature is reviewed and other treatment modalities discussed. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC2738322/ /pubmed/19742263 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.45080 Text en © Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Calcium channel blocker overdose: Experience with amlodipine
title Calcium channel blocker overdose: Experience with amlodipine
title_full Calcium channel blocker overdose: Experience with amlodipine
title_fullStr Calcium channel blocker overdose: Experience with amlodipine
title_full_unstemmed Calcium channel blocker overdose: Experience with amlodipine
title_short Calcium channel blocker overdose: Experience with amlodipine
title_sort calcium channel blocker overdose: experience with amlodipine
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19742263
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