Hydroxychloroquine overdose: case report and recommendations for management
- 1 February 2008
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in European Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Vol. 15 (1), 16-18
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mej.0b013e3280adcb56
Abstract
Hydroxychloroquine poisoning has rarely been reported in the literature, with only 18 cases being found on searching the literature. In this paper, we report a case that occurred in Hong Kong, and we make recommendations for emergency management of hydroxychloroquine overdose based on our and other's experience.Keywords
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