Key references: Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) poisoning

  • Dassanayake TL, Jones AL, Michie PT, Carter GL, McElduff P, Stokes BJ, et al. Risk of road traffic accidents in patients discharged following treatment for psychotropic drug overdose: a self-controlled case series study in Australia. CNS Drugs 2012;26(3):269–76. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22329565
  • Dassanayake TL, Michie PT, Jones AL, Mallard T, Whyte IM, Carter GL. Cognitive skills underlying driving in patients discharged following self-poisoning with central nervous system depressant drugs. Traffic Inj Prev 2012;13(5):450–7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22931174
  • Dietze P, Horyniak D, Agius P, Munir V, Smit de V, Johnston J, et al. Effect of intubation for gamma-hydroxybutyric acid overdose on emergency department length of stay and hospital admission. Acad Emerg Med 2014;21(11):1226–31. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25377399
  • Roberts DM, Smith MW, Gopalakrishnan M, Whittaker G, Day RO. Extreme gamma-butyrolactone overdose with severe metabolic acidosis requiring hemodialysis. Ann Emerg Med 2011;58(1):83–5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21435738
  • Schep LJ, Knudsen K, Slaughter RJ, Vale JA, Megarbane B. The clinical toxicology of gamma-hydroxybutyrate, gamma-butyrolactone and 1,4-butanediol. Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2012;50(6):458–70. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22746383