A severe case of olanzapine overdose with analytical data

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 412-415

  Ballesteros, Salomé ^a   Martínez, María A ^a   Ballesteros, M Angeles ^b   De La Torre, Carolina Sánchez ^a   Rodríguez Borregán, Juan C ^b  

^a Biology Section Apdo 863 E 41080   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analysis; Olanzapine; Overdosage; Whole blood concentrations

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; INSULIN; OLANZAPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NITROGEN DETECTOR; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PULSE RATE; SINUS RHYTHM;

AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 34248181971     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650601072183     Document Type: Article

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