Toxicity, Anticholinergic: Differential Diagnoses & Workup

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Further Reading

Keywords

anticholinergic toxicity, anticholinergic syndrome, ACS, anticholinergic drug ingestions, anticholinergic drug overdose, anticholinergic poisoning, antihistamines, antipsychotics, antispasmodics, cyclic antidepressants, mydriatics, atropine, scopolamine, glycopyrrolate, benztropine, trihexyphenidyl, chlorpheniramine, cyproheptadine, doxylamine, hydroxyzine, dimenhydrinate, diphenhydramine, meclizine, promethazine, chlorpromazine, clozapine, mesoridazine, olanzapine, quetiapine, thioridazine, clidinium, dicyclomine, hyoscyamine, oxybutynin, propantheline, amitriptyline, amoxapine, clomipramine, desipramine, doxepin, imipramine, nortriptyline, protriptyline, cyclopentolate, homatropine, tropicamide, Amanita muscaria, fly agaric, Amanita pantherina, panther mushroom, Arctium lappa, burdock root, Atropa belladonna, deadly nightshade, Cestrum nocturnum, night blooming jessamine, Datura suaveolens, angel's trumpet, Daturastramonium, jimson weed, Hyoscyamus niger, blackhenbane, Lantana camara, red sage, Solanum carolinensis, wild tomato, Solanum dulcamara, bittersweet, Solanum pseudocapsicum, Jerusalem cherry, Solanum tuberosum, potato, carbamazepine, cyclobenzaprine, orphenadrine

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Author

John J Bruns, Jr, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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Medical Editor

David C Lee, MD, Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Assistant Professor, North Shore University Hospital and New York University Medical School
David C Lee, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Medical Toxicology, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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John T VanDeVoort, PharmD, ABAT, Director of Pharmacy, Sacred Heart Hospital
John T VanDeVoort, PharmD, ABAT is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
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Managing Editor

Michael J Burns, MD, Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard University Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Michael J Burns, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Medical Toxicology, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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CME Editor

John D Halamka, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School; Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
John D Halamka, MD, MS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Informatics Association, Phi Beta Kappa, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Asim Tarabar, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine; Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital
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