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James A Chenoweth1, Daniel K Colby1, Mark E Sutter1

  • 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, United States; Division of Toxicology, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, United States.

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
|July 15, 2017
PubMed

Keywords:
Beta-blockerCalcium channel blockerDiltiazemECLSECMOMetoprololOverdoseToxicity

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