Psychiatric and medical management of marijuana intoxication in the emergency department

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 414-417

  Bui, Quan M ^a   Simpson, Scott ^a   Nordstrom, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; LORAZEPAM; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROPRANOLOL; RISPERIDONE; SUMATRIPTAN; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; ELECTROLYTE;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS USE; CANNABIS-INDUCED PSYCHOSIS; CASE REPORT; DETOXIFICATION; DISORIENTATION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY WARD; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; INSOMNIA; INTOXICATION; LOGORRHEA; MARIJUANA INTOXICATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIGRAINE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARANOIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; QT PROLONGATION; CACAO; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; LONG QT SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; PSYCHOSIS;

ADULT; CACAO; CANNABIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84929089046     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2015.3.25284     Document Type: Article

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