TY - JOUR
T1 - Emergency department presentation of cocaine intoxication
AU - Derlet, Robert W.
AU - Albertson, Timothy E
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - All patients who presented to the emergency department as a result of cocaine intoxication during a one-year period were reviewed retrospectively. One hundred thirty-seven cases were reviewed. Patients presented with a wide variety of chief complaints including altered mental status (40%), chest pain (21%), syncope (19%), suicide attempt (13%), palpitations (12%), and seizures (12%), as well as numerous other complaints. There was only one death. Few patients required treatment within the ED; sixteen required hospitalization.
AB - All patients who presented to the emergency department as a result of cocaine intoxication during a one-year period were reviewed retrospectively. One hundred thirty-seven cases were reviewed. Patients presented with a wide variety of chief complaints including altered mental status (40%), chest pain (21%), syncope (19%), suicide attempt (13%), palpitations (12%), and seizures (12%), as well as numerous other complaints. There was only one death. Few patients required treatment within the ED; sixteen required hospitalization.
KW - cocaine, intoxication
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U2 - 10.1016/S0196-0644(89)80111-8
DO - 10.1016/S0196-0644(89)80111-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 2916784
AN - SCOPUS:0024548921
VL - 18
SP - 182
EP - 186
JO - Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians
JF - Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians
SN - 0196-0644
IS - 2
ER -