[Phencyclidine in urine toxicology screening: a dangerous false positive].
2011
L Martínez Sánchez, and
J Velasco Rodríguez, and
F Panzino Occhiuzzo, and
M Simó Nebot, and
O García Algar, and
C Luaces Cubells
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D008297
Male
Males
D010622
Phencyclidine
A hallucinogen formerly used as a veterinary anesthetic, and briefly as a general anesthetic for humans. Phencyclidine is similar to KETAMINE in structure and in many of its effects. Like ketamine, it can produce a dissociative state. It exerts its pharmacological action through inhibition of NMDA receptors (RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE). As a drug of abuse, it is known as PCP and Angel Dust.
A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.
Children
D005189
False Positive Reactions
Positive test results in subjects who do not possess the attribute for which the test is conducted. The labeling of healthy persons as diseased when screening in the detection of disease. (Last, A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)