Prolonged atrial fibrillation precipitated by new-onset seizures and marijuana abuse

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Singh, Dinesh ^a   Huntwork, Margaret ^a   Shetty, Varun ^a   Sequeira, Gina ^a   Akingbola, Olugbenga ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Arrhythmia; Drug abuse; PICU; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; ETIRACETAM; MYOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; COUGHING; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED TONIC CLONIC CONVULSION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SMOKING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENTS; ARRHYTHMIA; DRUG ABUSE; PICU; SEIZURES;

ADOLESCENT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893324605     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-1831     Document Type: Article

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