Open AccessTricyclic Antidepressant Overdose causing Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Author(s) -
Tom Heaps,
Sarah Hoye,
Ruby Roy
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
acute medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1747-4892
pISSN - 1747-4884
DOI - 10.52964/amja.0237
Subject(s) - ards , medicine , acute respiratory distress , tricyclic antidepressant , tricyclic , antidepressant , drug overdose , intensive care medicine , respiratory distress , emergency medicine , anesthesia , poison control , psychiatry , pharmacology , lung , anxiety
We report two recent cases of tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) overdose complicated by the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The previous literature documenting an association between TCAs and ARDS is reviewed. We propose that the respiratory complications of TCA overdose should be more widely publicised and included in national toxicology databases.