Brugada electrocardiographic pattern elicited by cyclic antidepressants overdose

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 281-285

  Monteban Kooistra, Wilma E ^a   Van Den Berg, Maarten P ^a   Tulleken, Jaap E ^a   Ligtenberg, Jack J M ^a   Meertens, John H J M ^a   Zijlstra, Jan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brugada; ICU; Suicide; Tricyclic antidepressants

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; QRS COMPLEX; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF POISONING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 32844470058     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-0007-3     Document Type: Article

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