Prehospital use of intravenous verapamil

Prehospital use of intravenous verapamil

Verapamil was introduced into a hospital-based urban/rural advanced life support (ALS) system for intravenous (IV) use in patients with symptomatic supraventricular tachyarrhythmias. During this trial period, IV verapamil was given to 24 patients, 12 (50%) of which benefited from its use. IV verapam...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of emergency medicine 1987-05, Vol.5 (3), p.207-210
Hauptverfasser: Shaw, Lewis C., Eitel, David R., Walton, Stacy L., Pollack, Marc
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antiarythmic agents
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiovascular system
Emergency Medical Services
Female
Humans
Injections, Intravenous
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Monitoring, Physiologic
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Prehospital treatment
tachyarrhythmias
tachycardia
Tachycardia, Supraventricular - drug therapy
Tachycardia, Supraventricular - physiopathology
verapamil
Verapamil - administration & dosage
Verapamil - therapeutic use
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Zusammenfassung:Verapamil was introduced into a hospital-based urban/rural advanced life support (ALS) system for intravenous (IV) use in patients with symptomatic supraventricular tachyarrhythmias. During this trial period, IV verapamil was given to 24 patients, 12 (50%) of which benefited from its use. IV verapamil produced no harmful effects, and there was only one reported adverse effect (nausea) related to its administration. IV verapamil may be useful in the prehospital care of patients with symptomatic supraventricular tachyarrhythmias.
ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/0735-6757(87)90322-6