Gabapentin toxicity: An important cause of altered consciousness in patients with uraemia

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 178-179

  Hung, T Y ^a   Seow, V K ^a   Chong, C F ^a,b   Wang, T L ^a,b   Chen, C C ^a,b  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; CREATININE; GABAPENTIN; GLIMEPIRIDE; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM; ROSIGLITAZONE; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIZZINESS; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UREMIA; VOMITING;

AMINES; ANTICONVULSANTS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; UREMIA;

EID: 40449092929     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.053470     Document Type: Article

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