A 36-year-old woman presents with agitation, diaphoresis, tremor, hyperreflexia and inducible clonus in the lower limbs. She recently started sertrali...

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A 36-year-old woman presents with agitation, diaphoresis, tremor, hyperreflexia and inducible clonus in the lower limbs. She recently started sertraline and is also taking tramadol. Temperature is 38.6 °C and blood pressure is mildly elevated. Which diagnosis best explains her presentation?

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Serotonin syndrome

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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome

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Anticholinergic toxicity

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Malignant hyperthermia

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Sepsis

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Serotonin syndrome

A 36-year-old woman presents with agitation, diaphoresis, tremor, hyperreflexia and inducible clonus in the lower limbs. She recently started sertraline and is also taking tramadol. Temperature is 38.6 °C and blood pressure is mildly elevated. Which diagnosis best explains her presentation?