A 'spicy' encephalopathy: Synthetic cannabinoids as cause of encephalopathy and seizure

Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Louh, Irene K ^a,b   Freeman, William D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; CANNABINOID; STREET DRUG;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DISEASE; DILATED PUPIL; HUMAN; INCENSE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTOXICATION; INTUBATION; MYOCLONUS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SMOKING; SPICE CIGARETTE; SPICE ENCEPHALOPATHY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; PSYCHOLOGY; SYNTHESIS;

BRAIN DISEASES; CANNABINOIDS; HUMANS; SEIZURES; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 84965086862     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-014-0553-6     Document Type: Review

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