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Anticholinergic Syndrome

Anticholinergic (anti-muscarinic) syndrome arises due to competitive inhibition of central and peripheral acetylcholine muscarinic receptors and is potentially life-threatening.

References

  • Liang HK, Clinical evaluation of the poisoned patient and toxic syndromes. Clinical Chemistry 1996; 42(8):1350-1355.
  • Patel RJ, Saylor T, Williams SR et al. Prevalence of autonomic signs and symptoms in antimuscarinic drug poisonings. Journal of Emergency Medicine 2004; 26(1):89-94.

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