Cocaine-associated rhabdomyolysis and excited delirium: Different stages of the same syndrome

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 120-127

  Ruttenber, A James ^a   McAnally, Heath B ^a   Wetli, Charles V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Office of Chief Medical Examiner New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Epidemiology; Excited delirium; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DOPAMINE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DELIRIUM; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DELIRIUM; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0032990325     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199906000-00003     Document Type: Article

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