Alcohol, drug misuse and suicide attempts: Unrecognised causes of out of hospital cardiac arrests admitted to intensive care units

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-33

  McLaughlin, A M ^a   Hardt, J ^a   McKay, A P ^a   Fitzpatrick, G J ^a   Donnelly, M B ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cocaine; Drug misuse; Intensive care unit; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRELAND; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVAL RATE; APACHE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; APACHE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 61849173559     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-008-0242-z     Document Type: Article

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