Trauma and substance abuse: Deadly consequences of intravenous percocet tablets

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Galante, Joseph M ^a   Ahmad, Salman ^b   Albers, Elizabeth A ^c   Sena, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Sacramento County Coroner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

acute pulmonary failure; narcotic injection; narcotic overdose; pulmonary embolism; tablet injection

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; NALOXONE; PERCOCET;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTERIOR MAXILLARY SINUS FRACTURE; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DRUG MISUSE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACE INJURY; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HEART ARREST; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INJURY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MAXILLA FRACTURE; ORBIT FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TABLET; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FACIAL INJURIES; FOREIGN BODIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NARCOTICS; OXYCODONE; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TABLETS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866126548     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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