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Case Reports

Use of lidocaine for treatment of pulseless ventricular tachycardia after massive cocaine overdose

Jordan A. WoolumEmergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Department of Pharmacy, West Virginia University Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Matthew TravisUniversity of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington, KY, USA;
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Cicero Running CraneDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Kentucky-Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY, USA;
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Abby M. BaileyEmergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Department of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky HealthCare, Lexington, KY, USA;
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Regan A. BaumEmergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Department of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky HealthCare, Lexington, KY, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6352-9823
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Peter AkpunonuDepartment of Emergency Medicine & Toxicology, University of Kentucky-Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY, USA
Pages 19-22 | Published online: 04 Feb 2019

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