Two cases of hallucination in elderly patients due to a probable interaction between flu immunization and tramadol

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1615-1616

  Pellegrino, Paolo ^a   Carnovale, Carla ^a   Borsadoli, Cecilia ^b   Danini, Tiziana ^b   Speziali, Alessia ^b   Perrone, Valentina ^a   Antoniazzi, Stefania ^a   Pozzi, Marco ^c   Clementi, Emilio ^a,c   Radice, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Territorial Health Service of Mantua   (Italy)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; TRAMADOL;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; BALANCE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FALLING; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; MALAISE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; TRAMADOL; VACCINATION;

EID: 84880514736     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: 14321041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-013-1517-5     Document Type: Letter

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