Predicting the need for hospital admission in patients with intentional drug overdose

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 164-167

  Meulendijks, C F M ^a   van den Berg, E J ^a   Droogleever Fortuyn, H ^a   Verkes, R J ^a   van der Wilt, G J ^a   Kramers, C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAMORPHINE; NALOXONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF POISONING; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENTION; OVERDOSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4143098207     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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