Hyponatremia and brain death secondary to ecstasy ingestion;Hiponatremia y muerte cerebral secundaria al consumo de éxtasis

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 695-697

  Azkarate, B ^a   Morrondo, P ^a   Choperena, G ^a   Olaizola, P ^a   Trabanco, S ^a   Sebastian R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain death; Hyponatremia; MDMA; Neurological edema

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

EID: 1142298756     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0210-5691(03)79995-1     Document Type: Article

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