Prolonged delirium after quetiapine overdose
Rhyee, Sean Hyun ; Pedapati, Ernest Vijay ; Thompson, Jennifer
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Antipsychotic Agents
dosage
Cholinergic Antagonists
dosage
Clonidine
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A
Delirium
Depression
Dibenzothiazepines
dosage
Drug Interactions
Emergencies
Female
Heart Block
Humans
Hypotension
Physostigmine
Self-Injurious Behavior
Suicide, Attempted
Tachycardia
Time Factors
Trazodone
Emergency Medicine
Pediatrics
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Abstract
Quetiapine is an atypical antipsychotic agent increasingly used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in pediatric patients. Few published data exist concerning quetiapine's effects in therapeutic settings or short-term overdose in pediatric and adolescent populations. In this report, we describe a 15-year-old adolescent girl who experienced continued delirium 5 days after an overdose of quetiapine, trazodone, and clonidine. The patient initially presented with sedation and stable vital signs. After 3 days of gradual improvement, she experienced episodes of delirium coinciding with an increase in resting heart rate. On the basis of suspicion for quetiapine-associated antimuscarinic effects, the patient was administered intravenously with physostigmine on the fifth day after ingestion. Treatment resulted in a brief resolution of symptoms. Serum quetiapine levels measured 1 day and 5 days after ingestion were 3400 and 4800 ng/mL, respectively. The use of physostigmine and interpretation of serum levels are discussed further.
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Pediatr Emerg Care. 2010 Oct;26(10):754-6. Link to article on publisher's site