Key references: Amisulpride poisoning

  • Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation. Cardiorespiratory arrest flowcharts. East Melbourne: Australian Resuscitation Council; 2016. https://resus.org.au/guidelines/flowcharts-3/
  • 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
  • Isbister GK, Balit CR, Kilham HA. Antipsychotic poisoning in young children: a systematic review. Drug Saf 2005;28(11):1029–44. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16231955
  • Isbister GK, Balit CR, Macleod D, Duffull SB. Amisulpride overdose is frequently associated with QT prolongation and torsades de pointes. J Clin Psychopharmacol 2010;30(4):391–5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20531221
  • Isbister GK, Murray L, John S, Hackett LP, Haider T, O’Mullane P, et al. Amisulpride deliberate self-poisoning causing severe cardiac toxicity including QT prolongation and torsades de pointes. Med J Aust 2006;184(7):354–6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16584372