Adolescents and young adults presenting to the emergency department intoxicated from a caffeinated alcoholic beverage: A case series

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-69

  Cleary, Kelly ^a,b   Levine, Deborah A ^a,b   Hoffman, Robert S ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY POISON CONTROL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; CAFFEINE; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA; TELEMETRY; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CAFFEINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655167332     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.06.015     Document Type: Article

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