III. Findings: Symptoms and Signs (Mnemonic: SLUDgE + Killer Bs, or DUMBELLS)

  1. Sludge
    1. Salivation
    2. Lacrimation and Lethargy
    3. Urination
    4. Diarrhea (and Diaphoresis) and abdominal cramping
    5. Emesis (Nausea and Vomiting)
  2. Killer B's
    1. Bronchospasm
    2. Bronchorrhea
    3. Bradycardia (muscarinic)
      1. Tachycardia may occur with nicotinic toxicity
  3. Other
    1. Miosis (Pinpoint Pupils)

IV. Findings: Symptoms and Signs: Other (not covered by mnemonic)

  1. Anxiety or Agitation
  2. Seizures
  3. Coma
  4. Muscle Fasciculations
  5. Flaccid Paralysis (including respiratory Muscles)

V. Diagnostics

VI. Management

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Definition (MSH) Any drug used for its actions on cholinergic systems. Included here are agonists and antagonists, drugs that affect the life cycle of ACETYLCHOLINE, and drugs that affect the survival of cholinergic neurons. The term cholinergic agents is sometimes still used in the narrower sense of MUSCARINIC AGONISTS, although most modern texts discourage that usage.
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Concepts Pharmacologic Substance (T121)
MSH D018678
SnomedCT 19581007
English Agents, Cholinergic, Cholinergic Agents, cholinergic agent, Acetylcholine Agents, Agents, Acetylcholine, Cholinergic Drugs, Drugs, Cholinergic, cholinergic agents, cholinergic drugs, cholinergics, cholinergic drug, Cholinergics, Cholinergic agent, Cholinergic agent, NOS
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Swedish Kolinerga medel
Czech cholinergní látky
Finnish Kolinergiset lääkkeet
Italian Agenti dell'acetilcolina, Colinergici, Farmaci colinergici, Sostanze colinergiche
Russian KHOLINERGICHESKIE SREDSTVA, KHOLINOPOZITIVNYE SREDSTVA, ATSETILKHOLINOVYE SREDSTVA, KHOLINOMIMETICHESKIE SREDSTVA, MUSKARINOVYE SREDSTVA, KHOLINOMIMETIKI, NIKOTINOVYE SREDSTVA, АЦЕТИЛХОЛИНОВЫЕ СРЕДСТВА, МУСКАРИНОВЫЕ СРЕДСТВА, НИКОТИНОВЫЕ СРЕДСТВА, ХОЛИНЕРГИЧЕСКИЕ СРЕДСТВА, ХОЛИНОМИМЕТИКИ, ХОЛИНОМИМЕТИЧЕСКИЕ СРЕДСТВА, ХОЛИНОПОЗИТИВНЫЕ СРЕДСТВА
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Spanish Colinérgicos, Acetilcolínicos, Agentes Nicotínicos, Efecto Colinérgico, Agentes de Acetilcolina, Agentes Muscarínicos, Agentes Colinérgicos, agente colinérgico, droga colinérgica
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Ontology: Poisoning by parasympathomimetic drug (C0274702)

Concepts Injury or Poisoning (T037)
ICD9 971.0
SnomedCT 212680000, 61356009
English CHOLINERGIC SYNDROME, PARASYMPATHOMIMETIC SYNDROME, Cholinergic poisoning NOS, parasympathomimetic toxicity (diagnosis), parasympathomimetic toxicity, Syndrome cholinergic, Parasympathomimetic syndrome, Syndrome parasympathomimetic, Pois-parasympathomimetic, Poisoning by parasympathomimetics (cholinergics), Cholinergic poisoning NOS (disorder), Cholinergic poisoning, Parasympathomimetic poisoning, Cholinergic syndrome, Poisoning by cholinergic drug, Poisoning by parasympathomimetic drug (disorder), Poisoning by parasympathomimetic drug, Poisoning by cholinergic drug, NOS, Poisoning by parasympathomimetic drug, NOS, Poisoning by cholinergics, Poisoning by parasympathomimetics
Italian Sindrome colinergica, Sindrome parasimpaticomimetica, Avvelenamento da parasimpaticomimetici (colinergici)
Dutch parasympathicomimetisch syndroom, syndroom cholinerg, syndroom parasympathomimetisch, vergiftiging door parasympaticomimetica (cholinergica), cholinerg syndroom
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German Syndrom, Parasympathomimetikum, Parasympathomimetikum-Syndrom, Syndrom cholinerg, CHOLINERGES SYNDROM, PARASYMPATHIKOMIMETISCHE SYMPTOMA, Vergiftung durch Parasympathomimetika (Cholinergika), cholinerges Syndrom
Portuguese Síndrome parassimpaticomimética, Síndrome parassimpaticomémitica, SINDROME COLINERGICO, SINDROME PARASIMPATICOMIMETICO, Intoxicação por parassimpaticomiméticos (colinérgicos), Síndrome colinérgica
Spanish Síndrome parasimpaticomimético, COLINERGICO, SINDROME, PARASIMPATICOMIMETICO, SINDROME, Intoxicación por parasimpaticomiméticos (colinérgicos), intoxicación colinérgica, SAI (trastorno), intoxicación colinérgica, SAI, intoxicación por droga colinérgica (trastorno), intoxicación por droga colinérgica, intoxicación por droga parasimpaticomimética, síndrome colinérgico, Síndrome colinérgico
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