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Activated charcoal in tricyclic antidepressant overdose
  1. Claire Park,
  2. Katrina Richell-Herren
  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL

    https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.17.2.128

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      Report by Claire Park, Medical Student Search checked by Katrina Richell-Herren, Research Fellow

      Clinical scenario

      A 25 year old woman attends the emergency department having taken an overdose of amitriptyline. You wonder whether she will benefit from treatment with activated charcoal.

      Three part question

      In [adults who have taken …

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