@article{ref1,
title="Acute self-poisoning with tricyclic antidepressants in 295 consecutive patients treated in an ICU",
journal="Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica",
year="1984",
author="Strøm, J and Sloth Madsen, P. and Nygaard Nielsen, N. and Bredgaard Sørensen, Mogens",
volume="28",
number="6",
pages="666-670",
abstract="Clinical findings on admission to hospital and outcome in 295 consecutive patients with severe tricyclic antidepressant self-poisoning treated in an ICU are presented. Cerebral depression was observed in 92%, convulsions in 23% and respiratory failure was present in 72%. Cardiovascular function was impaired in 44% and an abnormal ECG was found in 57%. Cardiac arrest was treated in 14 patients (6%) of whom seven were resuscitated. The mortality rate was 2%. All patients were artificially ventilated. A beneficial effect of respiratory alkalosis on cardiac arrhythmias is supported.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-5172",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}