An unexplained death in the psychiatric emergency room: a case of undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea?

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-86

  Fleischman, Jean K ^a   Ananthamoorthy, Renuka ^a   Greenberg, Harly ^b   Harvey, Carolyn ^a   Merlino, Joseph P ^a  

^a QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Northwell Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; LORAZEPAM; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; ZIPRASIDONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DEATH, SUDDEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; NEW YORK; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 37349035269     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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