Severe Hypercapnia Caused by Acute Heroin Overdose [2]

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 665-666

  Gupta, Rajesh ^a,b   Haydock, Timothy ^a  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CREATINE KINASE; DIAMORPHINE; NALOXONE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LETTER; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NAUSEA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RESPIRATION CENTER; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; TOXICITY TESTING; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

EID: 2342441010     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.11.024     Document Type: Letter

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