One Night of Fun, One Lifetime of Effects: MDMA and Sympathomimetic Syndrome-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

One Night of Fun, One Lifetime of Effects: MDMA and Sympathomimetic Syndrome

Published:2024-04-30 Issue:1 Volume:6 Page:15-16
ISSN:2667-8675
Container-title:Eurasian Journal of Toxicology
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Author:

Özdal Mustafa Tolga¹^ORCID,Yüksel Melih¹^ORCID,Ay Mehmet Oğuzhan¹^ORCID,İşler Yeşim¹^ORCID,Ocak Umut¹^ORCID,Engindeniz Zülfi¹^ORCID,Kaya Halil¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Health Sciences, Bursa Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Bursa/Türkiye

Abstract

Sympathomimetic syndromes are rare medical conditions involving complex clinical pictures caused by substances that have a stimulatory effect on the sympathetic nervous system or have similar effects to the sympathetic nervous system. In this case report, the clinical manifestations of sympathomimetic syndromes, the diagnostic process, treatment strategies and the difficulties encountered especially in emergency medicine will be reviewed.

Publisher

Eurasian Journal of Toxicology, Emergency Physicians Association of Turkey

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