Gamma-hydroxybutyrate: Experience of 9 years of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB)-related incidents during rave parties in the Netherlands

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-315

  Krul, Jan ^a,c   Girbes, Armand R J ^b  

^a Educare Groningen   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c PO Box 1305 ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac support; CNS psychological; Respiratory support

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGITATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE DISORDER; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCLE CRAMP; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STOMACH PAIN; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOMITING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECREATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SODIUM OXYBATE;

CANNABIS;

EID: 79956124865     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2011.576253     Document Type: Article

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