Medical outcome of cocaine bodystuffers

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-224

  June, Robert ^a,d   Aks, Steven E ^b,c   Keys, Niko ^b   Wahl, Michael ^b,c  

^a Cook County Dept of Emergency Med ^*  (United States)

^b Toxikon Consortium   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bodystuffers; Cocaine; Management; Overdose; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE;

AGITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG TRAFFIC; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTOXICATION; MONITORING; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; STOMACH LAVAGE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIDOTES; COCAINE; DEGLUTITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG PACKAGING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OVERDOSE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034142355     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(99)00198-5     Document Type: Article

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