NCBI PubMed NLMPubMed
Entrez PubMed Nucleotide Protein Genome Structure OMIM PMC Journals Books
 Search for
  Limits Preview/Index History Clipboard Details    
About Entrez
spacer gif
back to About Entrez
back to About Entrez

Text Version

Entrez PubMed
Overview
Help | FAQ
Tutorial
New/Noteworthy
E-Utilities

PubMed Services
Journals Database
MeSH Database
Single Citation Matcher
Batch Citation Matcher
Clinical Queries
LinkOut
Cubby

Related Resources
Order Documents
NLM Gateway
TOXNET
Consumer Health
Clinical Alerts
ClinicalTrials.gov
PubMed Central

Privacy Policy

 Show: 

1: Rev Clin Esp. 2002 Apr;202(4):209-11. Related Articles, Links
Click here to read 
[Serotonin syndrome: report of a fatal case and review of the literature]

[Article in Spanish]

Bilbao Garay J, Mesa Plaza N, Castilla Castellano V, Dhimes Tejada P.

Servicio de Medicina Interna, Fundacion Hospital Alcorcon, Madrid, Spain. jbilbao@fhalcorcon.es

We report here the case of a patient with fluoxetine and selegiline induced serotonin syndrome, which presented as encephalopathy, generalized myoclonias, fever, stiffness and sweating, complicated with acute renal failure, rhabdomyolysis and disseminated intravascular coagulation findings. The patient died 6 days after admission. This syndrome is discussed, with an analysis of its causes, pathophysiology and therapy. A special emphasis is placed on the clinical issues and differential diagnosis with the malignant neuroleptic syndrome and other clinical entities with which it could be mistaken. General recommendations are provided to avoid this poorly characterized syndrome that, as in our patient, may have a fatal outcome.

Publication Types:
  • Case Reports
  • Review
  • Review, Tutorial

PMID: 12003730 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


 Show: