Baclofen overdose: Defining the spectrum of toxicity

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-82

  Leung, Nicola Y ^a   Whyte, Ian M ^a,b   Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a,c  

^a NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Overdose and GABAB receptor; Poisoning; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; BACLOFEN; CLONAZEPAM; CODEINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; FELODIPINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; TEMAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; DATA BASE; DELIRIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOREFLEXIA; HYPOTENSION; INGESTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIOSIS; MYDRIASIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; BACLOFEN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DELIRIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; OVERDOSE; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 33645071317     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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