Tricyclic Antidepressant Overdose

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-325

  Agrawal, Pooja ^a   Nadel, Eric S ^a,b,c   Brown, David F M ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BICARBONATE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; ESOMEPRAZOLE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LISINOPRIL; METFORMIN; NORTRIPTYLINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; SIMVASTATIN; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEPRESSION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SEIZURE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 40649104942     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.01.001     Document Type: Note

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