A 25-year-old female presents at a music festival with dilated pupils, agitation, hyperthermia (39°C), tachycardia, dry skin, urinary retention, and a...

Question

A 25-year-old female presents at a music festival with dilated pupils, agitation, hyperthermia (39°C), tachycardia, dry skin, urinary retention, and absent bowel sounds. She is reported to have taken some 'pills'. What is the toxidrome and what specific class of drug is most likely responsible?

Accepted Answer

Anticholinergic toxidrome - likely from ingestion of antihistamines (diphenhydramine), tropane alkaloids, or anticholinergic medications; remembered as 'hot as a hare, blind as a bat, dry as a bone, red as a beet, mad as a hatter'

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Serotonergic toxidrome from MDMA

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Cholinergic toxidrome from organophosphate exposure

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Opioid toxidrome from heroin

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Sympathomimetic toxidrome from cocaine

uk-dipimc MCQ (SBA): Anticholinergic Toxidrome - Identification

A 25-year-old female presents at a music festival with dilated pupils, agitation, hyperthermia (39°C), tachycardia, dry skin, urinary retention, and absent bowel sounds. She is reported to have taken some 'pills'. What is the toxidrome and what specific class of drug is most likely responsible?