Presentations to the Emergency Department Following Cannabis use—a Multi-Centre Case Series from Ten European Countries

Journal of Medical Toxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 415-421

  Dines, Alison M ^a   Wood, David M ^a,b   Galicia, Miguel ^c   Yates, Christopher M ^d   Heyerdahl, Fridtjof ^e   Hovda, Knut Erik ^e   Giraudon, Isabelle ^f   Sedefov, Roumen ^f   Dargan, Paul I ^a,b   Anand, Jacek Sein ^g   Chevillard, Lucie ^g   Eyer, Florian ^g   Geith, Stefanie ^g   Homar, Catalina ^g   Jürgens, Gesche ^g   Liakoni, E ^g   Liechti, M E ^g   Markey, Gerard ^g   Mégarbane, Bruno ^g   Miro, Oscar ^g   Moffatt, Ryan Boyd ^g   Moughty, Adrian ^g   O'Connor, Niall ^g   Paasma, Raido ^g   Põld, Kristiina ^g   Puiguriguer, Jordi ^g   Remmelgas, Andrus ^g   Vallersnes, Odd Martin ^g   Waldman, Wojciech ^g   Waring, W S ^g   more..

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION   (Portugal)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Cannabis; Emergency Department; Euro DEN

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CANNABIS USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOSIS; VOMITING; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY;

CANNABIS;

ADULT; CANNABIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84922200176     PISSN: 15569039     EISSN: 19376995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13181-014-0460-x     Document Type: Article

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