## Study objective: To determine the reliability of a recently developed electrochemical meter to rapidly (within 60 seconds) measure blood alcohol concentration (bac) in the emergency department. ## Design: A prospective study comparing the meter data with that of immunoassay and gas chromatogra
Use of clonidine in the emergency department for rapid control of uncontrolled hypertension
β Scribed by K Doroski; SJ Parrillo; JW Becher Jr
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 150 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6760
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β¦ Synopsis
The results of our study tend to confirm the efficacy of IV streptokinase as a valuable management tool for early MI.
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