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[Fatal ecstasy intoxication]
S Nielsen1, J B Lundemose, M S Simonsen
1Arhus Universitetshospital, Arhus Kommunehospital, medicinsk afdeling V, Aarhus Universitet, Retsmedicinsk Institut, Arhus Kommunehospital, anaestesiologisk afdeling. nielsen.soren@dadlnet.dk
Ugeskrift for Laeger
|May 10, 2001
Abstract:
A case of full-blown, lethal MDMA intoxication, owing to abuse of ecstasy is described. The increasing popularity of ecstasy among young, otherwise healthy, people prompts health care providers to recognise better the symptoms of systemic intoxication in order to initiate early treatment, such as rehydration, cooling in cases of hyperthermia, seizure treatment, correction of cardiac arrhythmia, and metabolic and electrolyte abnormalities.