Cardiac complications of adult methamphetamine exposures

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 821-827

  Hawley, Lesley A ^a   Auten, Jonathan D ^a   Matteucci, Michael J ^a,b   Decker, Lawrence ^a   Hurst, Nicole ^a   Beer, William ^a   Clark, Richard F ^b,c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndromes; cardiac complications; illicit drug ingestion poisoning; methamphetamine; toxicity

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; TROPONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES; CARDIAC COMPLICATIONS; ILLICIT DRUG INGESTION/POISONING; METHAMPHETAMINE; TOXICITY;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888645538     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.04.061     Document Type: Article

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