Epinephrine in Paediatric Clinical Practice - Clinical Update

Authors

  • Anwarul Haque
  • Hassaan Sadiq
  • Muhammad Abdullah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58397/ashkmdc.v22i1.99

Keywords:

Epinephrine, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, anaphylaxis, child, paediatric medicine, phar- macology

Abstract

Epinephrine is a "friend of the doctor" because it is a life-saving drug used in the rescue of patients at difficult times when other things do not help. It is widely used in paediatric emergency and paediatric intensive care units. This  short  commentary  on  pharmacology  provides  a  clinical  update  about  the use of epinephrine in paediatric clinical practice. The first part  of  this  article  briefly  reviews  the  clinical pharmacology and the second part describes the clinical indications and adverse effects of epinephrine.

Author Biographies

Anwarul Haque

Dept. of Paediatrics, AKUH, Karachi

Hassaan Sadiq

MBBS  Student,  Dow  University  of  Health Sciences,

Muhammad Abdullah

MBBS Student, Aga Khan Medical College, Karachi

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Published

2017-03-31

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2017): Contents of Volume 1 of 2017

Section

Short Communication

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