Serotonin syndrome.
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BMJ | 1 MARCH 2014 | VOLUME 348 33 NSW Poisons Information Centre, Sydney, Australia Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Department of Clinical Toxicology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia Correspondence to: N A Buckley nbuckley@hypertox.com Cite this as: BMJ 2014;348:g1626 doi: 10.1136/bmj.g1626 Serotonin syndrome is a potentially fatal and largely avoidable adverse drug reaction caused by serotonergic drugs. The steady increase in use of such drugs means all doctors need to be aware of what drugs increase serotonin and how to promptly recognise the syndrome and determine if it is potentially life threatening
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عنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 348 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014