Drug overdosage

doi:10.1007/bf03273852

Drug Overdosage in Children

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care ◽

10.1177/0310057x7400200403 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 303-309 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

T. C. K. Brown ◽

F. I. Bishop ◽

G. C. Mullins

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care ◽

Respiratory Failure ◽

Emergency Treatment ◽

Care Management ◽

Tricyclic Antidepressants ◽

Conscious State ◽

Circulatory Failure ◽

Intensive Care Management ◽

Drug Overdosage

The epidemiology and prevention of drug overdosage in children is discussed. The emergency treatment of acute drug overdosage is outlined together with aspects of the intensive care management in relation to conscious state, convulsions, respiratory failure, circulatory failure and arrhythmias with some emphasis on tricyclic antidepressants.

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TREATMENT OF DRUG OVERDOSAGE WITH NALOXONE, A SPECIFIC NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST

The Lancet ◽

10.1016/s0140-6736(73)91879-5 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 301 (7801) ◽

pp. 452-455 ◽

Cited By ~ 61

Author(s):

L.E.J. Evans ◽

C.P. Swainson ◽

P. Roscoe ◽

L.F. Prescott

Keyword(s):

Narcotic Antagonist ◽

Drug Overdosage

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The management of drug overdosage

Handbook of Studies on Depression ◽

10.1016/b978-1-4831-3140-5.50027-2 ◽

1977 ◽

pp. 411-420

Author(s):

J.F. CADE

Keyword(s):

Drug Overdosage

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Paediatric Pharmacology

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care ◽

10.1177/0310057x7300100605 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 1 (6) ◽

pp. 473-479 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

T. C. K. Brown

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care ◽

Intensive Care Units ◽

Drug Action ◽

Infants And Children ◽

Paediatric Intensive Care ◽

Paediatric Pharmacology ◽

Drug Overdosage ◽

Paediatric Intensive Care Units

Infants and children differ pharmacologically from adults because the progressive maturation of various systems during development leads to variations in drug action and dosage. These differences are reviewed. Pharmacogenetic factors which affect anaesthesia and the problems of drug overdosage, as seen in paediatric intensive care units, are briefly considered.

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