Bath salts intoxication: A case series

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 361-365

  Imam, Syed F ^a   Patel, Hetalben ^a   Mahmoud, Monay ^a   Prakash, Nisha A ^a   King, Matthew S ^a   Fremont, Richard D ^a  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

agitated delirium; bath salts; Bliss; Ivory Wave; mephedrone; stimulant overdoses; toxicology; Vanilla Sky

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; BATH SALT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID; COCAINE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; DESIGNER DRUG; LORAZEPAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIPRASIDONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

AGITATED DELIRIUM; BATH SALTS; BLISS; IVORY WAVE; MEPHEDRONE; STIMULANT OVERDOSES; TOXICOLOGY; VANILLA SKY;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; BENZODIAZEPINES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DESIGNER DRUGS; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POISONING; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 84883454546     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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