Synthetic Cannabinoid Abuse in Adolescents: A Case Series

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 644-650

  Besli, Gulser Esen ^a   Ikiz, Mehmet Alper ^a   Yildirim, Sema ^a   Saltik, Selcuk ^a  

^a ISTANBUL MEDENIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

adolescents; Bonzai; intoxication; spice drugs; synthetic cannabinoids

Indexed keywords

3 (1 NAPHTHOYL) 1 PENTYLINDOLE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABINOID; CREATINE KINASE; INFUSION FLUID; STREET DRUG;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY WARD; EUPHORIA; EYE REDNESS; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MUSCLE SPASM; MYDRIASIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PANIC; PARESTHESIA; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL ATTENDANCE; SEIZURE; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SLURRED SPEECH; SMELLING DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; TREMOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISUAL DISORDER; AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; ANXIETY; BRADYCARDIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; NAUSEA; SCHOOL DROPOUT; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANXIETY; BRADYCARDIA; CANNABINOIDS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NAUSEA; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; STREET DRUGS; STUDENT DROPOUTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEATING; VOMITING;

EID: 84939196926     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.06.053     Document Type: Article

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