Death related to midazolam overdose during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-97

  Michalodimitrakis, Manolis ^a   Christodoulou, Panos ^a   Tsatsakis, Aristidis M ^a   Askoxilakis, Ioannis ^a   Stiakakis, Ioannis ^a   Mouzas, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Complications; Conscious sedation; Death; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP); Endoscopy; Midazolam

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG OVERDOSE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; SEDATION;

EID: 0032903394     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199903000-00022     Document Type: Article

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