Death from propofol: Accident, suicide, or murder?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1182-1184

  Kirby, Robert R ^a   Colaw, James M ^b   Douglas, Michael M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida   (United States)

^c Gainesville Police Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; BLOOD; DRUG LABELING; FATALITY; INTOXICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; DRUG LABELING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; OVERDOSE; PROPOFOL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849105287     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318198d45e     Document Type: Article

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