Methylene Blue Causing Serotonin Syndrome Following Cystocele Repair

Urology Case Reports

Volumn 9, Issue , 2016, Pages 15-17

  Kapadia, Kailash ^a   Cheung, Felix ^a   Lee, Wai ^a   Thalappillil, Richard ^a   Florence, F Barry ^a   Kim, Jason ^a  

^a Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystocele repair; Methylene blue; Serotonin syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; DULOXETINE; FLUOXETINE; INFUSION FLUID; METHYLENE BLUE; ROPINIROLE;

AGED; AGITATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CYSTOCELE; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DIAPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 84984612133     PISSN: 22144420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eucr.2016.07.012     Document Type: Article

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