Survival after severe amitriptyline poisoning with prolonged ventricular tachycardia and cardiac arrest

BACKGROUND: Tricyclic antidepressants (TCA) are becoming one of the most frequently used substances in self poisoning. Significant morbidity and mortality associated with TCA overdose are often related to and refractory hypotension. We report the first case of survival after severe amitriptyline poi...

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Autores principales: Abeyaratne, Dayakshi D. K., Liyanapathirana, Chathuri, Gamage, Anushka, Karunarathne, Piyumanthi, Botheju, Medhini, Indrakumar, Jegarajah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4791788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26980525
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-1963-0

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