Survival of massive γ-hydroxybutyrate/1,4-butanediol overdose

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-283

  Strickland, Richard M ^a,c   Felgate, Peter ^b   Caldicott, David G E ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^c Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

1,4 butanediol; Overdose; hydroxybutyrate

Indexed keywords

'FANTASY'; 1,4 BUTANEDIOL; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22644438741     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00736.x     Document Type: Article

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