Cocaine-related admissions to an intensive care unit: A five-year study of incidence and outcomes

Anaesthesia

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-166

  Galvin, S ^a   Campbell, M ^a   Marsh, B ^a   O'Brien, B ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE COCAINE TOXICITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449100491     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.06189.x     Document Type: Article

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