Atropine coma: A historical note

Journal of ECT

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 203-206

  Gazdag, Gábor ^a   Bitter, István ^b   Ungvári, Gábor ^c   Gerevich, József ^d  

^a Szent Laszlo Hospital   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Atropine coma therapy; History; Method

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

AGITATION; ATAXIA; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; COMA; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DELIRIUM; DISORIENTATION; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEAR; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MICTURITION DISORDER; MORTALITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SLURRED SPEECH; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TITRIMETRY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNPLEASANT SENSATION;

ATROPINE; COMA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 28844433104     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yct.0000180041.13962.e4     Document Type: Review

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