Presumed central anticholinergic syndrome from inadvertent intravenous hyoscine hydrobromide (scopolamine) injection

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 419-422

  Wilden, J ^a,b   Rapeport, D ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Anesthesia; Drug error; Syndrome: Central anticholinergic

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DESFLURANE; FENTANYL; GLUCAGON; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; NEOSTIGMINE; OPIATE; OXYGEN; PARECOXIB; PETHIDINE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PROMETHAZINE; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SCOPOLAMINE BROMIDE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGITATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; DROWSINESS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL ERROR; METABOLIC DISORDER; MYDRIASIS; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; SEIZURE; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING;

EID: 3042818388     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0403200321     Document Type: Article

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