Toxicology case of the month: Carbamazepine overdose

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 869-871

  Soderstrom, J ^a   Murray, Lindsay ^a,c,d,e   Little, M ^a,c,d   Daly, F F S ^b,c,d  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBAMAZEPINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CHARCOAL;

ADULT; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DELIRIUM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH INTUBATION; STOMACH LAVAGE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; INTOXICATION; LAVAGE; MONITORING; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; AUSTRALIA; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHARCOAL; COMA; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; IRRIGATION; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OVERDOSE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33750743428     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.034884     Document Type: Article

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