Serotonin syndrome with tramadol and dextromethorphan

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-52

  Kung, Shung Wing ^a   Ng, Man Ho ^b  

^a TSEUNG KWAN O HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dextromethorphan; Drug interactions; Myoclonus; Serotonin syndrome; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIAZEPAM; DOMPERIDONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; MOTILUM; MYLANTA; PARACETAMOL; PROMETHAZINE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; SENNOSIDE B; SENOKOT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THEOPHYLLINE; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGITATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; EPILEPSY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEPSIS; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; THYROID CRISIS;

EID: 33846703510     PISSN: 10249079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/102490790701400109     Document Type: Article

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