Coma and impaired consciousness in the emergency room: Characteristics of poisoning versus other causes

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-102

  Forsberg, S ^a,d   Hojer J ^b,d   Enander, C ^c   Ludwigs, U ^c,d  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Poisons Information Centre   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALCOHOL; DIAMORPHINE; FLUMAZENIL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NALOXONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEIZURE; STOMACH LAVAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMA; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GASTRIC LAVAGE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; PROGNOSIS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61749090484     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.054536     Document Type: Article

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