Cholinergic Crisis Caused by Cholinesterase Inhibitors: a Retrospective Nationwide Database Study.

Hiroyuki OhbeTaisuke JoHiroki MatsuiKiyohide FushimiHideo Yasunaga

Published in: Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology (2018)

Cholinergic crisis caused by pharmaceutical cholinesterase inhibitors is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition. Patients who require mechanical ventilation and catecholamines or atropine have a poorer prognosis.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
public health
acute respiratory distress syndrome
intensive care unit
respiratory failure
emergency department
cross sectional
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation