MDMA INDUCED HYPERTHERMIA - REPORT OF A FATALITY AND REVIEW OF CURRENT THERAPY

Authors
DAR KJ MCBRIEN ME
Citation
Kj. Dar et Me. Mcbrien, MDMA INDUCED HYPERTHERMIA - REPORT OF A FATALITY AND REVIEW OF CURRENT THERAPY, Intensive care medicine, 22(9), 1996, pp. 995-996
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Intensive care medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03424642
Volume
22
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
995 - 996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0342-4642(1996)22:9<995:MIH-RO>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Ingestion of 3,4-methylene dioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ''Ecstasy'', can produce toxicity that is characterised by hyperth ermia, coagulopathy, rhabdomyolysis and renal failure. We report a fat ality associated with MDMA ingestion and briefly review the current li terature on MDMA-induced hyperthermia.