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Adverse cardiac events in ICU patients with presumptive antidepressant overdose

Author(s) -

Christian Arranto,

Christian Mueller,

Patrick Hunziker,

S. C. U. Marsch,

Urs Eriksson

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

schweizerische medizinische wochenschrift

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 0036-7672

DOI - 10.4414/smw.2003.10211

Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , adverse effect , tricyclic antidepressant , antidepressant , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , qrs complex , intensive care unit , drug overdose , incidence (geometry) , resuscitation , poison control , emergency medicine , physics , hippocampus , optics

Antidepressants account for most poison-related admissions to intensive care units. In selected patients with confirmed cyclic antidepressant intoxication a QRS interval <0.1 s in the ECG limb leads during the first six hours excludes adverse cardiac events. However, the incidence of cardiac events and the value of ECG criteria have never been assessed prospectively on patients with presumed antidepressant overdose.

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