Pediatric tramadol ingestion resulting in seizurelike activity: A case series

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 380-381

  Mazor, Suzan S ^a,c   Feldman, Kenneth W ^a   Sugar, Naomi F ^a   Sotero, Marcio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Box 5520 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Poisoning; Seizures; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CREATININE; DIAZEPAM; ELECTROLYTE; FLUMAZENIL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROXYZINE; LORAZEPAM; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHOSPHORUS; TRAMADOL; UREA;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DYSTONIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE CULTURE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSTONIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TRAMADOL;

EID: 66149188255     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318177a6ed     Document Type: Article

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