Intrathecal baclofen withdrawal syndrome - A life-threatening complication of baclofen pump: A case report

BMC Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Mohammed, Imran ^a   Hussain, Asif ^b  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE; DOPAMINE; INFUSION FLUID; LORAZEPAM; NORADRENALIN; PANTOPRAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROPOFOL;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; DECEREBRATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISORIENTATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INFUSION PUMP; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEIZURE; SHOCK; SPASTIC PARESIS; TACHYCARDIA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 27744477291     PISSN: 14726904     EISSN: 14726904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6904-4-6     Document Type: Article

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