Prolonged clinical effects in modified-release amitriptyline poisoning

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-80

  O'Connor, Niall ^a,c   Greene, Shaun ^a   Dargan, Paul ^a   Wyncoll, Duncan ^b   Jones, Alison ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular and central nervous system toxicity; Modified release amitriptyline poisoning; Tricyclic antidepressant poisoning

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMITRIPTYLINE; BICARBONATE; CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; LORAZEPAM; NORCLOMIPRAMINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; VENLAFAXINE; CHARCOAL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QRS COMPLEX; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACIDOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; INTOXICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; ARRHYTHMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHARCOAL; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; POISONING; SODIUM BICARBONATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644900739     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650500394910     Document Type: Article

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