Delayed onset of seizures and toxicity associated with recreational use of Bromo-dragonFLY

Journal of Medical Toxicology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 226-229

  Wood, David M ^a   Looker, Jemma J ^b   Shaikh, Loua ^b   Button, Jenny ^c   Puchnarewicz, Malgorzata ^c   Davies, Susannah ^c   Lidder, Satnam ^a   Ramsey, John ^c   Holt, David W ^c   Dargan, Paul I ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bromo dragonFLY; Ketamine; Recreational drugs; Toxicological screening

Indexed keywords

1 (8 BROMOBENZO[1,2 B:4,5 B']DIFURAN 4 YL) 2 AMINOPROPANE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS; GENTAMICIN; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; METRONIDAZOLE; RECREATIONAL DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1 (8 BROMOBENZO(1,2 B;4,5 B')DIFURAN 4 YL) 2 AMINOPROPANE; 1-(8-BROMOBENZO(1,2-B;4,5-B')DIFURAN-4-YL)-2-AMINOPROPANE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROPYLAMINE; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABUSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; POWDER; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; URINALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; INTENSIVE CARE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RESTLESSNESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BENZODIAZEPINES; BROMOBENZOATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; KETAMINE; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PROPYLAMINES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75349089557     PISSN: 15569039     EISSN: 19376995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178273     Document Type: Article

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