Fatal fluoxetine ingestion with postmortem blood concentrations

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 277-279

  Compton, Russel ^a   Spiller, Henry A ^b   Bosse, George M ^b,c  

^a Lewis Gale Clinic   (United States)

^b KENTUCKY REGIONAL POISON CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatality; Fluoxetine; Overdose

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FATALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAZEPAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FATAL OUTCOME; FLUOXETINE; GABA MODULATORS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; OBESITY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 23044478883     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-200058938     Document Type: Article

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