Last reviewed: 2 Feb 2021
Last updated: 31 Dec 2019
Summary
Definition
History and exam
Other diagnostic factors
- anxiety
- agitation
- confusion
- tremor, shivering, muscle jerking
- sweating
- headache
- tachycardia
- hypertonia/rigidity
- diaphoresis
- flushing
- dilated pupils
- hyperthermia
- myoclonus
- startling
Diagnostic investigations
Investigations to consider
- CBC
- creatine phosphokinase
- urine toxicology screen
- ECG
Treatment algorithm
Contributors
Authors
Clinical Toxicologist
Calvary Mater Newcastle
Associate Professor
University of Newcastle
Newcastle
Australia
Disclosures
GI is an author of several references cited in this monograph.
Peer reviewers
Consultant Psychiatrist
East London NHS Foundation Trust
London
UK
Disclosures
KM declares that he has no competing interests.
Chief
Psychiatric Consultation Service
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Boston
MA
Disclosures
TAS declares that he has no competing interests.
Adjunct Professor
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
UT
Disclosures
PMG declares that he has no competing interests.
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