Acute excited states and sudden death

BMJ

Volumn 316, Issue 7138, 1998, Pages 1171-

  Pounder, Derrick ^a   Karch, Steven B ^b   Stephens, Boyd G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ASPHYXIA; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY POSTURE; DELIRIUM; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INTOXICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; OBESITY; PEPPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; EXERCISE; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESTLESSNESS;

DEATH, SUDDEN; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 85007726082     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7138.1171     Document Type: Letter

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