A teenager with agitation: Higher than she should have climbed

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 462-465

  Vearrier, David ^a   Osterhoudt, Kevin C ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoids; Cannabis; Indoles; Internet; Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; LORAZEPAM; OPIATE; PHENCYCLIDINE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; 1-PENTYL-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; STREET DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGITATION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RESTLESSNESS; URINALYSIS; VIOLENCE; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; INDOLES; NAPHTHALENES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 77953344825     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181e4f416     Document Type: Article

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