Complications of diagnostic physostigmine administration to emergency department patients

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-19

  Schneir, Aaron B ^a,b   Offerman, Steven R ^a,b   Ly, Binh T ^a,b   Davis, Jefferey M ^a   Baldwin, Rachel T ^a   Williams, Saralyn R ^a,b   Clark, Richard F ^a,b  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b S Diego Div CA Poison Ctrl Syst   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ATROPINE; BENZATROPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORPROMAZINE; COCAINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXYLAMINE; HYDROXYZINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; OLANZAPINE; PERPHENAZINE; PHYSOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVULSION; DELIRIUM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 0038354955     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.232     Document Type: Article

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