Intrathecal baclofen toxicity and deep coma in minutes

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-239

  Tunali, Yusuf ^a   Hanimoglu, Hakan ^a   Tanriverdi, Taner ^a   Hanci, Lale ^b   Hanci, Murat ^a,c  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bone and Joint Disorders Research and Education Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Bone and Joint Disorders Research and Education Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Coma; Drug pump; Intrathecal; Seizure; Spasticity; Spinal cord injuries; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; NORADRENALIN; PHENYTOIN; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMODYNAMIC STRESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFUSION PUMP; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPASTICITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WHITE MATTER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; BACLOFEN; COMA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY;

EID: 33747597535     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2006.11753880     Document Type: Article

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