Teenage Cardiac Arrest Following Abuse of Synthetic Cannabis

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2015, Pages e162-e163

  Davis, C ^a   Boddington, D ^a  

^a TAURANGA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cardiac Arrest; Synthetic Cannabis Death

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; SYNTHETIC CANNABIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CANNABINOID; DESIGNER DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CANNABIS USE; CASE REPORT; CRACKLE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART SOUND; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; RESUSCITATION; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADDICTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CANNABINOIDS; DESIGNER DRUGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84942195650     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.04.176     Document Type: Article

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