Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Q: "Hot as a hare, dry as a bone, red as a beet, mad as a hatter"

describes which toxicity?


Answer: Anticholinergic toxicity. Symptoms include




  • Hyperthermia,

  • Dry skin,

  • Tachycardia,

  • Delirium,

  • Urinary retention

  • Mydriasis
Anticholinergics include Atropine, ipratropium bromide, Glycopyrrolate etc