Diseases

Anticholinergic Syndrome

Adverse drug effects associated with CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS. Clinical features include TACHYCARDIA; HYPERTHERMIA; MYDRIASIS, dry skin and dry mucous membranes, decreased bowel sounds and urinary retention in peripheral anticholinergic syndrome; and HALLUCINATIONS; PSYCHOSES; SEIZURES; and COMA in central anticholinergic syndrome.

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Abstract

Adverse drug effects associated with CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS. Clinical features include TACHYCARDIA; HYPERTHERMIA; MYDRIASIS, dry skin and dry mucous membranes, decreased bowel sounds and urinary retention in peripheral anticholinergic syndrome; and HALLUCINATIONS; PSYCHOSES; SEIZURES; and COMA in central anticholinergic syndrome.

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Synonyms

15 entry terms
  • Anticholinergic Syndromes
  • Syndrome, Anticholinergic
  • Syndromes, Anticholinergic
  • Central Anticholinergic Syndrome
  • Peripheral Anticholinergic Syndrome
  • Anticholinergic Syndrome, Central
  • Anticholinergic Syndrome, Peripheral
  • Anticholinergic Syndromes, Central
  • Anticholinergic Syndromes, Peripheral
  • Central Anticholinergic Syndromes
  • Peripheral Anticholinergic Syndromes
  • Syndrome, Central Anticholinergic
  • Syndrome, Peripheral Anticholinergic
  • Syndromes, Central Anticholinergic
  • Syndromes, Peripheral Anticholinergic

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34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2014

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Previous Indexing

  • Cholinergic Antagonists (1995-2013)

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Tree Number

  1. C25.100w.311

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Anticholinergic Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D064807. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D064807
  2. Anticholinergic Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q574975