Ecstasy toxicity and the cooling factor

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 534-

  Archer, Tom ^a  

^a Edmonton Ambulance Station   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; DIAZEPAM; NALOXONE;

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FLUID THERAPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HEART BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SEIZURE; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT;

ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FATAL OUTCOME; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; OVERDOSE; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 49449112843     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.054783     Document Type: Article

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