Early treatment of a quetiapine and sertraline overdose with Intralipid®

Anaesthesia

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-194

  Finn, S D H ^a   Uncles, D R ^a   Willers, J ^a   Sable, N ^a  

^a WORTHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZODIAZEPINE; FLUMAZENIL; INTRALIPID; PARACETAMOL; QUETIAPINE; SERTRALINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DIBENZOTHIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LIPID EMULSION; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COMA; DIBENZOTHIAZEPINES; FAT EMULSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; SERTRALINE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 59449102548     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05744.x     Document Type: Article

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