Tramadol overdose and apnea in hospitalized children, a review of 20 cases

Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 544-552

  Hassanian Moghaddam, Hossein ^a,b   Farnaghi, Fariba ^a   Rahimi, Mitra ^a,b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apnea; Intensive care units, pediatric; Intoxication; Overdose; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; TRAMADOL;

APNEA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTUBATION; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NAUSEA; PROGNOSIS; PUPIL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; VOMITING;

EID: 84958778657     PISSN: 17355362     EISSN: 17359414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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