Key references: Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) poisoning

  • Bailey B, Buckley NA, Amre DK. A meta-analysis of prognostic indicators to predict seizures, arrhythmias or death after tricyclic antidepressant overdose. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 2004;42(6):877–88. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15533027
  • Bateman DN. Tricyclic antidepressant poisoning: central nervous system effects and management. Toxicol Rev 2005;24(3):181–6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16390219
  • Bradberry SM, Thanacoody HK, Watt BE, Thomas SH, Vale JA. Management of the cardiovascular complications of tricyclic antidepressant poisoning: role of sodium bicarbonate. Toxicol Rev 2005;24(3):195–204. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16390221
  • Caravati EM. The electrocardiogram as a diagnostic discriminator for acute tricyclic antidepressant poisoning. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 1999;37(1):113–5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10078169
  • Dargan PI, Colbridge MG, Jones AL. The management of tricyclic antidepressant poisoning : the role of gut decontamination, extracorporeal procedures and fab antibody fragments. Toxicol Rev 2005;24(3):187–94. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16390220
  • Dassanayake TL, Jones AL, Michie PT, Carter GL, McElduff P, Stokes BJ, et al. Risk of road traffic accidents in patients discharged following treatment for psychotropic drug overdose: a self-controlled case series study in Australia. CNS Drugs 2012;26(3):269–76. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22329565
  • Dassanayake TL, Michie PT, Jones AL, Mallard T, Whyte IM, Carter GL. Cognitive skills underlying driving in patients discharged following self-poisoning with central nervous system depressant drugs. Traffic Inj Prev 2012;13(5):450–7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22931174
  • Liebelt EL, Francis PD, Woolf AD. ECG lead aVR versus QRS interval in predicting seizures and arrhythmias in acute tricyclic antidepressant toxicity. Ann Emerg Med 1995;26(2):195–201. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7618783
  • Thanacoody HK, Thomas SH. Tricyclic antidepressant poisoning: cardiovascular toxicity. Toxicol Rev 2005;24(3):205–14. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16390222
  • Woolf AD, Erdman AR, Nelson LS, Caravati EM, Cobaugh DJ, Booze LL, et al. Tricyclic antidepressant poisoning: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management. Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2007;45(3):203–33. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17453872