Status epilepticus after a massive intravenous N-acetylcysteine overdose leading to intracranial hypertension and death

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 401-406

  Bailey, Benoit ^a,b   Blais, René ^a   Letarte, Anne ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; DIAZEPAM; DIMENHYDRINATE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; LORAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN;

ACCURACY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DYSPNEA; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MYOCLONUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICATION ERRORS; OVERDOSE; POISONING; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 4544344727     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.05.014     Document Type: Article

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