A little nightclub medicine: The healthcare implications of clubbing

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 542-545

  Luke, L C ^a   Dewar, C ^a   Bailey, M ^a   McGreevy, D ^a   Morris, H ^a   Burdett Smith, P ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; AMYL NITRATE; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; AMBULANCE; APNEA; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; ASTHMA; BURN; CITY; COLLAPSE; COST; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MISUSE; EAR INJURY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPISTAXIS; EYE INJURY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; LACERATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPRAIN; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0036850680     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.19.6.542     Document Type: Article

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