Bath salts: The Ivory wave of trouble

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-62

  Olives, Travis D ^a   Orozco, Benjamin S ^b   Stellpflug, Samuel J ^b  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bath salts; Ivory Wave; MDPV; Mephedrone; Phenethylamine; Plant food; Synthetic amphetamine

Indexed keywords

4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; BATH SALT; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGITATION; AUTOMUTILATION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; DEATH; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG TRAFFIC; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; REVIEW; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SUICIDE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; WATER INTOXICATION;

EID: 84857831746     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2011.6.6782     Document Type: Review

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