Amphetamine-related presentations to an inner-city tertiary emergency department: A prospective evaluation

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 336-339

  Gray, Suzanne D ^a   Fatovich, Daniel M ^b   McCoubrie, David L ^a   Daly, Frank F ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TACHYCARDIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34147189098     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb00932.x     Document Type: Article

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