Multiple MDMA (Ecstasy) Overdoses at a Rave Event
Journal of Intensive Care Medicine May 28, 2012 Patil Armenian, Tanya M. Mamantov, Ben Tsutaoka et al. 81 citations
Twelve patients with 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) toxicity from a single rave event presented to multiple San Francisco Bay area hospitals with various life-threatening complications including seizures and hyperthermia. Eight required emergent endotracheal intubation and six had hypotension. Hyperkalemia, acute kidney injury, and rhabdomyolysis were present in most of the patients....