The serotonin syndrome: Initial misdiagnosis

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 367-370

  Attar Herzberg, Dana ^a,b   Apel, Arie ^a,b   Gang, Nelly ^a,b   Dvir, Danny ^a,b   Mayan, Haim ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drug interaction; Fentanil; Misdiagnosis; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; FENTANYL; FLUOXETINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; SEROTONIN AGONIST; TAMOXIFEN; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONUS; COMA; CONVULSION; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAPHORESIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG FEVER; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPEREKPLEXIA; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTOXICATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYDRIASIS; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PAIN; PANIC; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SPASTICITY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; TREMOR; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING; WAKEFULNESS; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249112327     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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