Profound circulatory shock following heroin overdose

Resuscitation

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-53

  Remskar, Mojca ^a   Noc, Marko ^a   Leskovsek, Bojan ^a   Horvat, Matija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Circulatory shock; Heroin overdose; Myocardial depression

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; DOBUTAMINE; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK;

ADOLESCENT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; OVERDOSE; SHOCK;

EID: 0031757459     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(98)00065-3     Document Type: Article

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