Key result
Among patients hospitalized for TCA overdose, 0% developed late arrhythmias once they became alert and had a normal cardiogram for 1 hour.
Why the study?
What is the incidence of late arrhythmias in patients hospitalized for tricyclic antidepressant poisoning?
Population
129 patients hospitalized because of tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) poisoning
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May support shorter monitoring after alert TCA overdose with normal ECG; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Cohort (n=129)
What is the incidence of late arrhythmias in patients hospitalized for tricyclic antidepressant poisoning?
A 24-hour period of inpatient monitoring is sufficient for TCA overdose patients who become alert and have a normal cardiogram for 1 hour, as late arrhythmias do not occur in this group.
Pentel et al. (1981) conducted a cohort in Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) poisoning (n=129). Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) overdose was evaluated on Incidence of late arrhythmias. Among patients hospitalized for TCA overdose, 0% developed late arrhythmias once they became alert and had a normal cardiogram for 1 hour.
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