A child with cardiac arrhythmia and convulsions

Tricyclic-antidepressant overdose affects the cardiovascular, respiratory, autonomic and central nervous systems. A 5-year-old previously healthy boy and Munchausen syndrome are discussed.

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 354; no. 9195; p. 2046
Main Authors Manikoth, Prakash, Subramanyan, Raghavan, Menon, Shoba, Khusaiby, Sakh Mohamed AI
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Elsevier Ltd 11.12.1999
Lancet
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Amitriptyline - poisoning
Antidepressants
Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic - poisoning
Biological and medical sciences
Boys
Child
Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Electrocardiography, Ambulatory - drug effects
Epilepsy, Generalized - chemically induced
Epilepsy, Generalized - diagnosis
Humans
Long QT Syndrome - chemically induced
Long QT Syndrome - diagnosis
Male
Medical diagnosis
Medical disorders
Medical sciences
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy - diagnosis
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Side effects
Victimology
Nervous system diseases
Arrhythmia
Mother child relation
Victimology
Case study
Electrodiagnosis
Convulsion
Central nervous system disease
Risk factor
Electrocardiography
Psychopathology
Neurological disorder
Munchausen syndrome
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Summary:Tricyclic-antidepressant overdose affects the cardiovascular, respiratory, autonomic and central nervous systems. A 5-year-old previously healthy boy and Munchausen syndrome are discussed.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)09449-0