Initial management of the patient with altered mental status

American Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1773-1780

  Ferrera, Peter C ^a   Chan, Lisa ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIDOTE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAFFEINE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHARCOAL; COCAINE; DRUG; MORPHINE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; STOMACH LAVAGE;

BRAIN DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES;

EID: 0030959480     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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