γ-Hydroxybutyrate intoxication;Intoxikation mit γ-hydroxybutyrat

Anaesthesist

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 950-954

  Hahne, N ^a   Weinmann, W ^b   Nebel, B W ^a  

^a Kreiskrankenhaus Emmendingen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case report; Gamma hydroxybutyrate; Liquid ecstasy intoxication; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; LIQUID; PATIENT MONITORING; TOXICOLOGY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROPOFOL; SODIUM OXYBATE; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 9144225728     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00101-004-0723-z     Document Type: Article

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