Plasma β-endorphin levels in acute myocardial infarction

✍ Scribed by Alexei Y Bagrov

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 309 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6760
• DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(05)80224-0

✦ Synopsis

We recommend that all EDs carry 30 mg of glucagon to enable them to respond immediately to the threat of a serious I~-blocker toxicity. Tenmilligram vials with a shelf life of approximately three years are available through Eli Lilly Company. This size is more convenient for the treatment of &-blocker toxicity than the l-rag vial. As a standard, enough antidote to treat one serious overdose for 24 hours should be kept on hand. We recommend that 100 to 130 mg of glucagon be available. Our survey suggests that radiology departments and neighboring hospitals are unreliable sources of glucagon. When 6-blocker toxicity results in hypotension, rapid access to an adequate amount of glucagon is the current standard of care and the single therapy most likely to limit associated morbidity and mortality.