Penetrating injuries of the neck: Criteria for exploration: Rao PM, Bhatti MF, Gaudino J, et al J Trauma 23:47–49 Jan 1983
✍ Scribed by Paul Lewis
- Book ID
- 104312451
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 97 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6760
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✦ Synopsis
Sep 1982
charge in 24 to 48 hours in the absence of indications for surgical exploration. Additional procedures, such as contrast studies, arteriography and esophagoscopy and bronchoscopy, are performed as needed. [Eddtor's note" More and more recent literature is advocating the "selective" approach toward penetrating neck wounds. This approach in our institution has been safe and cost effective.] Paul Lewis, MD Amoxapine is a newly marketed tricyclic antidepressant which is gaining popularity due to its speed of onset and once-a-day dosage. The authors report 15 cases of amoxapine overdose and note that the cardiotoxicity frequently seen with overdoses of other tricyclics does not seem to be a problem with this drug. Neither were significant anticholinergic effects noted. The major toxic effects of acute amoxapine overdose were CNS depression and seizures.