[Off Course with Delirium - Medication Challenges].
A 75-year-old patient admitted to geriatric rehabilitation after a fall showed symptoms initially misinterpreted as hyperactive delirium. After he experienced tonic-clonic seizures, it was discovered he had been taking high doses of amitriptyline, which was missed during the medication history. The diagnosis was revised to antidepressant withdrawal syndrome upon review.
Authors
- B. O. Hütter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7034-0420)
- Adrian Rohrbasser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6718-6821)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- Instituto Benjamin Constant (BR)
- Medbase (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.23785/praxis.2025.03.008
- Primary Topic
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00