Diagnosis and management of opioid- and benzodiazepine-induced comatose overdose in children

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-247

  Perry, Holly E ^a   Shannon, Michael W ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; FLUMAZENIL; NALOXONE; OPIATE AGONIST; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

COMA; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

EID: 0029982764     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199606000-00010     Document Type: Review

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