Airline passenger dies after being sedated

BMJ

Volumn 318, Issue 7196, 1999, Pages 1491-

  Macdonald, H A ^a   Abdalla, M Samer ^b  

^a Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital ^*  (New Zealand)

^b The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALCOHOL; ATROPINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL;

AIRCRAFT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ASPHYXIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY POSITION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG POTENTIATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LETTER; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESUSCITATION; SEDATION; THORAX INJURY; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; NOTE; SUDDEN DEATH;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ASPHYXIA; DEATH, SUDDEN; HUMANS;

EID: 85007753590     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7196.1491b     Document Type: Letter

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