Betekenis van:
ephedrine

ephedrine
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • efedrine
  • white odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially Ephedra sinica) or made synthetically; used as a bronchodilator to treat bronchitis and asthma

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Voorbeeldzinnen

  1. Ephedrine
  2. theophylline ephedrine
  3. Ephedrine and its salts
  4. Ephedrine and its salts
  5. Hence ephedrine, which causes noradrenaline release at the nerve endings, thereby increasing cardiac contractility and obtunding hypotension, is used when dobutamine and dopamine are ineffective.
  6. Ephedrine lasts minutes to hours and is effective after a single intravenous injection, whereas dobutamine and dopamine last only a few seconds or minutes and must be given by infusion.