Acute cocaine-related health problems in patients presenting to an urban emergency department in Switzerland: A case series

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bodmer, Michael ^a,b   Enzler, Florian ^a   Liakoni, Evangelia ^a   Bruggisser, Marcel ^a   Liechti, Matthias E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Drug abuse; Intoxication

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABINOID; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWITZERLAND; URBAN POPULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CANNABINOIDS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84902158660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-173     Document Type: Article

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