Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 178-185.e4 , February 2007

Intralipid Outperforms Sodium Bicarbonate in a Rabbit Model of Clomipramine Toxicity

  • Martyn Harvey, BHB, MBChB, FACEM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Martyn Harvey, BHB, MBChB, FACEM, Department of Emergency Medicine, Waikato Hospital, Pembroke St, Hamilton, New Zealand; 64-7-839-8899 (6990), fax 64-7-839-8907
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  • Grant Cave, BHB, MBChB, FACEM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia.

Received 30 March 2006 ,Revised 7 July 2006 ,Accepted 14 July 2006.

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 Supervising editor: Stephen R. Thom, MD, PhDAuthor contributions: MH and GC conceived the study and designed the trial, performed all study interventions, and contributed substantially to the revision of the manuscript. MH obtained research funding, managed study data, and drafted the article. GC analyzed the study data. MH takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Reprints not available from the authors.Funding and support: This trial was funded by a grant from the Waikato Medical Research Foundation.Publication dates: Available online November 13, 2006.

PII: S0196-0644(06)01023-7

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.07.016

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 178-185.e4 , February 2007

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