Serotonin syndrome caused by an overdose of dextromethorphan, Medicon®

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1531-1533

  Adachi, Yushi ^a   Uchisaki, Sakiko ^a   Itagaki, Taiga ^a   Suzuki, Katsumi ^a   Obata, Yukako ^a   Doi, Matsuyuki ^a   Sato, Shigehito ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dextromethorphan; Drug interaction; Serotonin syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMMON COLD SYMPTOM; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; JAPAN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVERDOSE; SEROTONIN SYNDROME;

EID: 73649104784     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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