Tricyclic Antidepressant Overdose causing Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Heaps, T.; Hoye, S.; Roy, R.
Acute Medicine 8(2): 75-77
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1747-4884 PMID: 21603674 Document Number: 15860
We report two recent cases of tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) overdose complicated by the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The previous literature documenting an association between TCAs and ARDS is reviewed. We propose that the respiratory complications of TCA overdose should be more widely publicised and included in national toxicology databases.
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