Global cocaine intoxication research trends during 1975–2015: a bibliometric analysis of Web of Science publications
Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and PolicyPublished 2 February 2017Open access
Sa’ed H. Zyoud, W. Stephen Waring, Samah W. Al‐Jabi, Waleed M. Sweileh
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This is the first bibliometric approach to examining research related to cocaine toxicity and shows that research activity has become more global and extensive since 1990.
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This is the first bibliometric approach to examining research related to cocaine toxicity and shows that research activity has become more global and extensive since 1990. The USA remains the leading country regarding published literature, the highest h-index, and greatest role in international collaborations.
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Although case reports support a detrimental effect of β‐adrenergic antagonists, the anecdotal data are inconsistent, and the conclusions from case studies are overruled by larger studies, indicating that future studies that focus on outcomes and different pharmacologic profiles ofβ‐adRenergic antagonists are needed.
Bratislavské lekárske listy/Bratislava medical journalKnowledge mapping analysis of Ebola research
14 Citations2015Xiangna Zhao, Sheng Liu +4 more
The overall situation of research on Ebola virus is revealed via visual knowledge mapping analyses of the literatures regarding Ebola virus all around the world, e.g., literature metrology and topic evolvement through knowledge graph built by comprehensively utilizing software.
ScientometricsThe financial crisis research: a bibliometric analysis
13 Citations2015Chien-Lung Hsu, Chun-Hao Chiang
Clinical Medicine Insights PathologySudden Cardiac Death of a Body Packer Due to Cocaine Cardiotoxicity
13 Citations2016Parthasarathi Pramanik, Raghvendra Kumar Vidua
The detailed autopsy examination, including histopathology and toxicology findings, is discussed with the aim of describing the mechanism of cocaine intoxication in the body packer and an analysis of cocaine-induced cardiotoxicity and sudden death.
ScientometricsA bibliometric analysis of lab-on-a-chip research from 2001 to 2013
9 Citations2015Mohammadmahdi Vakilian, Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis +1 more
The miniaturized analytical device or ‘lab-on-a-chip’ (LOC) has been the subject of increasing interest over the past two decades, especially in the fields of chemical analysis and biological analysis, which has resulted in an increase in the quality and number of published papers related to this topic.
Acute Medicine JournalAn Unusual Complication of Cocaine Toxicity
4 Citations2013Lucy Houghton, Quentin Jones +1 more
The patient was diagnosed with cocaine-induced methaemoglobinaemia and given methyl thioninium chloride (methylene blue) and made an uneventful recovery.
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