Massive Atropine Eye Drop Ingestion Treated with High-Dose Physostigmine to Avoid Intubation

Case: A 34-year-old male presented after ingesting 150 mg of atropine. He had altered mental status, sinus tachycardia, dry mucosa, flushed skin, and hyperthermia. Sequential doses of physostigmine, totaling 14 mg, were successful in reversing antimuscarinic toxicity and prevented the need to perfor...

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Hlavní autoři:	Samuel J. Stellpflug, Joe B. Cole, Brian A. Isaacson, Christian P. Lintner, Elisabeth F. Bilden
Médium:	Artigo
Jazyk:	Inglês
Vydáno:	eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2012-04-01
Edice:	Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Témata:	atropine anticholinergic antimuscarinic physostigmine intubation
On-line přístup:	http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3064x58m
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