Self-poisoning: Current trends and practice in a UK teaching hospital

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-40

  Cook, Ronald ^a   Allcock, Rebecca ^a   Johnston, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Overdose; Parasuicide; Self poisoning; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACTIVATED CARBON; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CLOZAPINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; METHYLPHENIDATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OLANZAPINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF POISONING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 39149084691     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.8-1-37     Document Type: Article

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