Drug monitoring of a case of citalopram overdosage

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 420-423

  Liotier, Jérme ^a,b   Coudoré, François ^c,d  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^d Faculty of Pharmacy   (France)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Overdosage; SSRI; TdP

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CITALOPRAM; MIDAZOLAM; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG OVERDOSE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERLACTATEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; QT PROLONGATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CITALOPRAM; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 80052740166     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: 15256014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01480545.2011.566571     Document Type: Article

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