Flumazenil and suspected benzodiazepine overdose
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EFFICACY OF FLUMAZENIL IN THE MANAGEMENT OF BENZODIAZEPINE OVERDOSE
Benzodiazepine overdose is the most commonly encountered drug overdose in Iran. It has been reported by many authors that flumazenil possesses highly specific antagonistic activity on central benzodiazepine receptors. We conducted a prospective study on 150 patients brought to the toxicology emergency ward in Loghman-Hakim hospital with benzodiazepine overdose to assess the efficacy of flu...
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benzodiazepine overdose is the most commonly encountered drug overdose in iran. it has been reported by many authors that flumazenil possesses highly specific antagonistic activity on central benzodiazepine receptors. we conducted a prospective study on 150 patients brought to the toxicology emergency ward in loghman-hakim hospital with benzodiazepine overdose to assess the efficacy of flumazen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.17.3.214