Antidepressant poisoning

Clinical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 114-118

  Thanacoody, H K Ruben ^a   Thomas, Simon H L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Lithium; Mirtazapine; Monoamine oxidase inhibitors; Overdose; Poisoning; Raboxetine; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Trazodone; Tricyclic antidepressants; Venlafaxine

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BICARBONATE; DIAZEPAM; DOSULEPIN; LITHIUM CARBONATE; LORAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; REBOXETINE; SODIUM CHANNEL; TRAZODONE; VENLAFAXINE;

ARTERIAL GAS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CARDIOTOXICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DRUG ADSORPTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTOXICATION; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; PLASMA PROTEIN BINDING; POLYURIA; PURKINJE FIBER; REVIEW; SODIUM LOAD; VOMITING;

EID: 0037362150     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.3-2-114     Document Type: Review

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