Agitation is common in γ-hydroxybutyrate toxicity

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 316-320

  Zvosec, Deborah L ^a   Smith, Stephen W ^b,c  

^a MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; AMPHETAMINE; CARDIAC AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PHENCYCLIDINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGITATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ADULT; AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM OXYBATE;

EID: 19544375437     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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