Ingestion of Telazol®, a veterinary anaesthetic, by a 16 year-old male

Clinical Intensive Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 139-142

  Redmond, A H ^a   Herman, M I ^a  

^a LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CETIRIZINE; HALOPERIDOL; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; PAROXETINE; PHENCYCLIDINE; TELAZOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG SCREENING; EMERGENCY WARD; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INGESTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NYSTAGMUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOSIS; SCLERA DISEASE; SLURRED SPEECH; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036763876     PISSN: 09563075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714028808     Document Type: Article

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