title: [Anticholinergic syndrome after postoperative dimenhydrinate administration].
abstract: Appearance of an anticholinergic syndrome after treatment with drugs in therapeutic dosages is seldom reported in the literature. Based on a case report, the development and course of an anticholinergic syndrome after treatment with dimenhydrinate are described. The drug was given due to different symptoms such as vertigo and vomiting after surgery. The anticholinergic syndrome could successfully be treated with physostigmine.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Strasse 12, 06097 Halle.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Matschiner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berghaus
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kober
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Henschel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kluge
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000932:Antiemetics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004111:Dimenhydrinate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D010830:Physostigmine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D020250:Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / Q000188:drug therapy; D013201:Stapes Surgery
chemical_list: D000932:Antiemetics; C026718:physostigmine salicylate; D010830:Physostigmine; D004111:Dimenhydrinate