Validation of the Prognostic Utility of the Electrocardiogram for Acute Drug Overdose

BackgroundWhile it is certain that some emergency department patients with acute drug overdose suffer adverse cardiovascular events (ACVE), predicting ACVE is difficult. The prognostic utility of the ECG for heterogeneous drug overdose patients remains to be proven. This study was undertaken to vali...

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Main Authors: Alex F. Manini, Ajith P. Nair, Rajesh Vedanthan, David Vlahov, Robert S. Hoffman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-02-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.116.004320