An Update on Antidepressant Toxicity: An Evolution of Unique Toxicities to Master

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-34

  Liebelt, Erica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alkalinization; antidepressant toxicity; atypical antidepressants; cyclic antidepressants; MAOI Food MAOI Drug Hypertensive Crisis; monoamine oxidase inhibitors; selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; serotonin syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXAPINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BUSPIRONE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOXEPIN; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE; IMIPRAMINE; ISOCARBOXAZID; LORAZEPAM; MAPROTILINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEFAZODONE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENTOLAMINE MESYLATE; PROCARBAZINE; SERTRALINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEPRESSION; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEUROTOXICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40249103169     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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