Atrial fibrillation associated with alcohol ingestion in adolescence: Holiday heart in pediatrics

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-39

  Koul, Pulin B ^a   Sussmane, Jeffrey B ^a   Cunill De Sautu, Beatriz ^a   Minarik, Milan ^a  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alcohol; Atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REHYDRATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 12344330668     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000150988.26852.a6     Document Type: Article

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