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n. - A catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin).

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  • Determine and remove the cause (e.g. insect sting, drug). epinephrin (adrenaline):
  • If the reaction is severe, or if coma or convulsions occur, epinephrin or intravenous glucose should be given.
  • For those of you fortunate enough to not have to know what an epi-pen is, it is basically a sealed, one-time use hypodermic filled with epinephrin.
  • At the same time it was found that neither piqûre, nor epinephrin, nor asphyxia caused any hyperglycaemia in rabbits in which, as a result of injection with insulin, the...
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