Topical tropicamide induced delirium and psychosis: Case report

Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-76

  Munhoz, Renato P ^a   Moscovich, Mariana M ^a   Filla, Luciane ^a   Carneiro, Maria Cecília Beltrame ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO CAJURU   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anticholinergic; Cycloplegic; Psychosis; Tropicamide

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; GATIFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; TIMOLOL PLUS TRAVOPROST; TROPICAMIDE;

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; DISEASE COURSE; DISORIENTATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOPLASTY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 77952815149     PISSN: 00472085     EISSN: 19820208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0047-20852010000100012     Document Type: Article

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