Case 30-2003: A 21-year-old man with sudden alteration of mental status

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 349, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1267-1275

  Tancredi, David N ^a,c   Shannon, Michael W ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; 1,4 BUTANEDIOL; 1,4-BUTANEDIOL; BUTANEDIOL; CHARCOAL; OXYBATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINALYSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; INTOXICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH LAVAGE; SWEATING; URINE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; CHARCOAL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GASTRIC LAVAGE; HUMANS; MALE; POISONING; SODIUM OXYBATE; SWEATING;

EID: 0141518668     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc030021     Document Type: Review

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