Letter to the editor: "Xylazine abuse: A rare cause of syncope" [1]

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-311

  Liu, Chang Ming ^a   Chiu, Ming Jang ^b   Fang, Cheng Chung ^b   Chen, Wen Jone ^b  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Orthostatic hypotension; Syncope; Xylazine

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; PHENOBARBITAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; XYLAZINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; SYNCOPE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADDICTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; URINE;

SYNCOPE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XYLAZINE;

EID: 34047115371     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650601073520     Document Type: Letter

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