Characteristics of cocaine users presenting to an emergency department chest pain observation unit

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-337

  Booth, Brenda M ^a,b   Weber, Jim Edward ^c,e   Walton, Maureen A ^d   Cunningham, Rebecca M ^c   Massey, Lynn ^d   Thrush, Carol R ^a,b   Maio, Ronald F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral symptoms; Chest pain; Cocaine; Demography; Emergency department; Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 15944397973     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.11.021     Document Type: Article

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