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All guns blazing: management and survival of massive valproic acid overdose – case report and literature review

A 51-year-old woman, who intentionally ingested a massive dose of ~60 g of valproic acid which she was using as a mood stabilizer for bipolar affective disorder, presented within 30 minutes of ingestion to the emergency department. The patient was asymptomatic and was immediately started on decontam...

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Autores principales: Al Jawder, Shaikha, AlJishi, Eiman, Al-Otaibi, Shaikhah, Al-Shahrani, Mohammed S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5790066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29416381
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OAEM.S151095