Coma with bilateral mydriasis after use of transdermal scopolamine in ICU;Coma avec mydriase bilatérale au décours de l'utilisation d'un patch de scopolamine en réanimation

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1070-1072

  Repesse X ^a   Geeraerts, T ^a   Pottecher, J ^a   Vigue B ^a   Benhamou, D ^a   Duranteau, J ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anticholinergic syndrome; Coma; Mydriasis; Scopolamine; Transdermal

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MYDRIASIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESUSCITATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; COMA; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYDRIASIS; RESUSCITATION; SCOPOLAMINE;

EID: 37149023456     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2007.09.024     Document Type: Article

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