Serotonin syndrome in the perioperative period.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Effect of ondansetron and metoclopramide on postoperative nausea and vomiting in children undergoing tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Journal of anesthesia · 2025
   Pooled it
2. Acute Febrile Encephalopathy with Rigidity.Journal of intensive care medicine · 2026
   Review
3. Current and Developing Approaches for Facilitating Emergence from General Anesthesia.Anesthesiology · 2025
   Review
4. Serotonin Syndrome Associated With High-dose Diphenhydramine Use Complicating Abdominoplasty and Mastopexy.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025
   Article
5. Bronchial carcinoid: a neuroendocrine manifestation-presented as bronchospasm and hypertension during resection.Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2024
   Article
6. Serotonin syndrome controversies: A need for consensus.World journal of critical care medicine · 2024
   Review
7. Perioperative Anxiety and Depression in Older Adults: Epidemiology and Treatment.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2023
   Review
8. Examining the Association Between Serotonergic Antidepressants and Blood Transfusion Requirements in Orthopaedic Surgery: A Comprehensive Analysis.Cureus · 2023
   Article
9. [Central anticholinergic, neuroleptic malignant and serotonin syndromes : Important differential diagnoses in postoperative impairment of consciousness].Die Anaesthesiologie · 2023
   Review
10. [Central anticholinergic, neuroleptic malignant and serotonin syndromes].Wiener klinisches Magazin : Beilage zur Wiener klinischen Wochenschrift · 2023
    Review

Corrections and comments

• Erratum issued
  Corrigendum to 'Serotonin syndrome in the perioperative period' [BJA Education 20 (2020) 10-17].2020

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

Abstract

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