Hypertensive emergency and ventricular tachycardia after endoscopic epinephrine injection of a Mallory-Weiss tear.

• Authors: P D Stevens, O Lebwohl
• Journal: Gastrointestinal endoscopy (Gastrointest Endosc) 1994 Jan-Feb Vol. 40 Issue 1 Pg. 77-8 ISSN: 0016-5107 [Print] United States
• PMID: 8163143 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Epinephrine

Topics

• Emergencies
• Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
• Epinephrine (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
• Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage (drug therapy)
• Hemostasis, Endoscopic (adverse effects)
• Humans
• Hypertension (chemically induced)
• Injections
• Male
• Mallory-Weiss Syndrome (drug therapy)
• Middle Aged
• Tachycardia, Ventricular (chemically induced)