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ToxCard: Second Generation Antipsychotic Overdose

EMDocs

1,6 Agitation, delirium, psychosis, and hallucinations can occur and may be incorrectly attributed to concurrent psychiatric illness. 1 Seizures may occur due to lowered seizure threshold. 6 Seizures have been observed and are dose-dependent. 1,2,6 Neurologic effects: Sedation is a primary concern with overdose.

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Friday Reflection 44: Diagnostic Enigma

Sensible Medicine

” This suggested partial, complex seizures with a post-ictal period. These days, the attention is likely to be more than idle pondering but actual research. For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been noticing a foul odor right before the episodes. Certainly not a diagnosis to celebrate, but a solid one nonetheless.

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Episode 19 - Cannabinoids: Emerging Evidence in Use and Abuse

EB Medicine

Jeff: Medicinally, cannabinoids are currently used in the treatment of chronic pain syndromes, complications of multiple sclerosis and paraplegia, weight loss due to appetite suppression in HIV/aids, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, seizures, and many other neuropsychiatric disorders.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

First: Are you sure it was syncope, and not SEIZURE? Conversely , frequently syncope has a short episode of tonic-clonic activity that mimics seizure. Patients with trauma, alcohol, or drug-associated loss of consciousness and definite seizures were excluded.

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Weaning Sedation in Paediatric Intensive Care

Don't Forget the Bubbles

These include CNS irritability (agitation, seizures, irritability), GI disturbance (nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea), and autonomic symptoms (increased heart rate, high blood pressure, sweating and fever). A protocolised weaning regimen can aid timely recognition and reduction of withdrawal syndromes.