Serial monitoring of lead aVR in patients with prolonged unconsciousness following tricyclic antidepressant overdose

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 247-250

  Choi, Kyoung Ho ^a   Lee, Kyoung Uk ^a  

^a Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Overdose; Tricyclic antidepressant; Unconsciousness

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BICARBONATE; DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CASE REPORT; COMA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORNEA REFLEX; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUNKENNESS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINALYSIS; VENTILATOR;

EID: 58149514417     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2008.5.4.247     Document Type: Article

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