Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: An Adult Dyad

Psychosomatics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 294-299

  Deimel, George W ^a   Burton, M Caroline ^a   Raza, Sania S ^a   Lehman, Julia S ^a   Lapid, Maria I ^a   Bostwick, J Michael ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOCAINE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROMORPHONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLENE BLUE; MICONAZOLE; MORPHINE SULFATE; ONDANSETRON; PREGABALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CYANOSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISORIENTATION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; MYCOSIS; PAIN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN EMBOLISM; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NURSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEPSIS; SYRINGE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; EXANTHEMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; SEPSIS; SICK ROLE; SYRINGES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864294397     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: 15457206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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