Tramadol overdose as a cause of serotonin syndrome: A case series

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 337-341

  Tashakori, Ahmad ^a   Afshari, Reza ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute poisoning; Opioids; Seizures; Serotonin syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CREATININE; CYPROHEPTADINE; DIAZEPAM; NALOXONE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; COOLING; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYDRIASIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; RESTLESSNESS; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; STOMACH LAVAGE; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERDOSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRAMADOL;

EID: 77952940252     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563651003709427     Document Type: Article

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