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Nortriptyline-induced severe hyperventilation.

S Sunderrajan·C S Brooks·E V Sunderrajan
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A 61-year-old man with end-stage renal disease developed severe hyperventilation following nortriptyline hydrochloride usage for depression. He required mechanical ventilation and paralysis to correct severe respiratory alkalosis. To our knowledge, nortriptyline usage has not been previously associated with hyperventilation.

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S Sunderrajan, C S Brooks, E V Sunderrajan. 1985. Nortriptyline-induced severe hyperventilation.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3985739/

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