Cardiopulmonary Arrest Following a Single 25 mg Dose of Quetiapine: A Case Report

Cardiopulmonary Arrest Following a Single 25 mg Dose of Quetiapine: A Case Report

Quetiapine is commonly used in intensive care units (ICU) to treat delirium. Cardiopulmonary arrest caused by low dose quetiapine is unreported. Only two cases in the literature have reported acute respiratory failure after single doses of 50mg and 100mg respectively. We report a case of cardiopulmo...

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Main Authors: Chia Pamela, Chuan Poh Lim, Ong John, Ong Sharon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-11-01
Series:The Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Subjects:
cardiopulmonary arrest
quetiapine
delirium
respiratory failure
antipsychotics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2020-0035
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spelling doaj-d9a18d625fc542f9b80edb6f0c1e34922021-09-06T19:41:34ZengSciendoThe Journal of Critical Care Medicine2393-18172020-11-016425325810.2478/jccm-2020-0035jccm-2020-0035Cardiopulmonary Arrest Following a Single 25 mg Dose of Quetiapine: A Case ReportChia Pamela0Chuan Poh Lim1Ong John2Ong Sharon3Division of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Sciences, Singapore General Hospital, outramSingaporeDepartment of Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital, outramSingaporeDepartment of Medicine, National University of Singapore, outramSingaporeDepartment of Surgical Intensive Care, Singapore General Hospital, outramSingaporeQuetiapine is commonly used in intensive care units (ICU) to treat delirium. Cardiopulmonary arrest caused by low dose quetiapine is unreported. Only two cases in the literature have reported acute respiratory failure after single doses of 50mg and 100mg respectively. We report a case of cardiopulmonary arrest in a patient after the administration of a single 25mg dose of quetiapine.https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2020-0035cardiopulmonary arrestquetiapinedeliriumrespiratory failureantipsychotics
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Ong John
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Ong John
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Cardiopulmonary Arrest Following a Single 25 mg Dose of Quetiapine: A Case Report
The Journal of Critical Care Medicine
cardiopulmonary arrest
quetiapine
delirium
respiratory failure
antipsychotics
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Chuan Poh Lim
Ong John
Ong Sharon
author_sort Chia Pamela
title Cardiopulmonary Arrest Following a Single 25 mg Dose of Quetiapine: A Case Report
title_short Cardiopulmonary Arrest Following a Single 25 mg Dose of Quetiapine: A Case Report
title_full Cardiopulmonary Arrest Following a Single 25 mg Dose of Quetiapine: A Case Report
title_fullStr Cardiopulmonary Arrest Following a Single 25 mg Dose of Quetiapine: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Cardiopulmonary Arrest Following a Single 25 mg Dose of Quetiapine: A Case Report
title_sort cardiopulmonary arrest following a single 25 mg dose of quetiapine: a case report
publisher Sciendo
series The Journal of Critical Care Medicine
issn 2393-1817
publishDate 2020-11-01
description Quetiapine is commonly used in intensive care units (ICU) to treat delirium. Cardiopulmonary arrest caused by low dose quetiapine is unreported. Only two cases in the literature have reported acute respiratory failure after single doses of 50mg and 100mg respectively. We report a case of cardiopulmonary arrest in a patient after the administration of a single 25mg dose of quetiapine.
topic cardiopulmonary arrest
quetiapine
delirium
respiratory failure
antipsychotics
url https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2020-0035
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