"Saturday night fever": Ecstasy related problems in a London accident and emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 322-326

  Williams, Hugh ^a   Dratcu, Luiz ^b   Taylor, Robert ^c   Roberts, Mark ^c   Oyefeso, Adenekan ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug monitoring; Ecstasy; MDMA; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DANCING; DELIRIUM; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; LONDON; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031664846     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.15.5.322     Document Type: Article

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