[Consideration on serotoninergic syndrome based on a clinical situation]

Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2002 Apr-Jun;107(2):401-4.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

The diagnosis criteria for serotoninergic syndrome was first time proposed in 1991 by Sternbach, mixing clinical, biological and historical features. Drugs inducing serotonin accumulation by decreasing the synaptic recapture or increasing the serotoninergic transmission are responsible for the onset of this syndrome even in small amounts. We are describing a case of a young patient developing a comatose stage of serotoninergic syndrome as a result of Amitriptylinum and Sertralinum poisoning.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors / poisoning
  • Adult
  • Amitriptyline / poisoning
  • Coma / chemically induced
  • Drug Combinations
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / poisoning
  • Serotonin Syndrome / chemically induced*
  • Serotonin Syndrome / therapy
  • Sertraline / poisoning
  • Suicide, Attempted
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors
  • Drug Combinations
  • Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
  • Amitriptyline
  • Sertraline