Tramadol overdose and serotonin syndrome manifesting as acute right heart dysfunction

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 575-577

  Garret, P M ^a,b  

^a The Tweed Hospital   (Australia)

^b NAMBOUR GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency; Intensive care; Poisoning, overdose: tramadol; Pulmonary hypertension; Rhabdomyolysis; Serotonin syndrome

Indexed keywords

NITRAZEPAM; TRAMADOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG OVERDOSE; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 4444253105     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0403200417     Document Type: Article

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