Acute phencyclidine intoxication: clinical patterns, complications, and treatment.
Annals of emergency medicine June 1981 M M McCarron, B W Schulze, G A Thompson et al.
We describe four major and five minor clinical patterns of acute phencyclidine (PCP) intoxication and give the incidence of findings in each pattern. Major patterns were acute brain syndrome (248 cases; 24.8%), toxic psychosis (166 cases; 16.6%), catatonic syndrome (117 cases; 11.7%), and coma (106 cases; 10.6%). Minor patterns included lethargy or stupor (38 cases; 3.8%), and combinations of...