Serotonin syndrome

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Buckley, Nicholas A ^a,b   Dawson, Andrew H ^a,c   Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a,d  

^a NSW Medicines Information Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; FENTANYL; IMIPRAMINE; LINEZOLID; METHYLENE BLUE; MOCLOBEMIDE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGITATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONUS; CONFUSION; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPERTHERMIA; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MYOCLONUS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RIGIDITY; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA;

HUMANS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84896133345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g1626     Document Type: Article

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