Anticholinergic toxicity, a potentially life-threatening side effect usually seen in older adults or those on multiple antipsychotic drugs, produces delirium, hyperthermia, paralytic ileus, fluctuating vital signs, tachycardia and coma.
October 10, 2012
Nursing Tip of the Day! - Psychiatric Nursing
Category: Psychiatric Nursing
Anticholinergic toxicity, a potentially life-threatening side effect usually seen in older adults or those on multiple antipsychotic drugs, produces delirium, hyperthermia, paralytic ileus, fluctuating vital signs, tachycardia and coma.
Anticholinergic toxicity, a potentially life-threatening side effect usually seen in older adults or those on multiple antipsychotic drugs, produces delirium, hyperthermia, paralytic ileus, fluctuating vital signs, tachycardia and coma.
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