Safety of physostigmine administration in patients presenting to the emergency department with anticholinergic poisoning

Date First Published:

July 15, 2016

Last Updated:

July 21, 2016

Report by:

Guillaume Lacombe, MD, PGY-4, Emergency Medicine (Université Laval)

Three-Part Question:

In [patients presenting to the emergency department with anticholinergic toxidrome], is the administration of [physostigmine] associated with [major adverse events]?