Serotonin syndrome following a single 50 mg dose of sertraline in a child

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 845-849

  Phan, Hanna ^a   Casavant, Marcel J ^b,c   Crockett, Sarah ^a   Lee, Anthony ^a   Hall, Mark W ^b   Nahata, Milap C ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Management; Pediatric; Serotonin syndrome

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CYPROHEPTADINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; PARACETAMOL; SERTRALINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTONIN SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE;

EID: 55949088508     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650801938654     Document Type: Article

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