Box 14.3 Serotonin Syndrome: Signs and Interventions

Question 1

symptoms

Answer 1

hyperactivity
tachycardia
fever
elevated BP
altered mental status
irrationality/mood swings/hosility
seizures
myoclonus/incoordination/tonic rigidity
abdominal pain
apnea

Question 2

tachycardia turns into what

Answer 2

cardiovascular shock

Question 3

fever turns into what

Answer 3

hyperpyrexia

Question 4

seziures turn into what

Answer 4

status epilepticus

Question 5

apnea turns into

Answer 5

death

Question 6

interventions

Answer 6

remove offending agents
symptomatic treatment
- cooling blankets
- dantrolene
- anticonvulsants
- ventilation