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Superdosagem de benzodiazepínicos

Última revisão: 8 Aug 2025
Última atualização: 19 Dec 2023

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • comprometimento do estado mental
  • torpor, fala indistinta, ataxia
  • coma
  • depressão respiratória
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • redução dos reflexos tendinosos profundos
  • nistagmo
  • estimulação paradoxal
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Fatores de risco

  • depressão
  • história de drogas ilícitas ou consumo de bebidas alcoólicas
  • erro na administração do medicamento
  • comorbidade
  • interação medicamentosa
  • suscetibilidade biogenética
  • história de uso de benzodiazepínicos (BZDs)
  • história de ingestão de vários medicamentos ou de substâncias desconhecidas
  • comportamento ou ideação suicida
  • idade avançada
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • oximetria de pulso
  • Hemograma completo
  • perfil bioquímico sérico com glicose sanguínea
  • concentração plasmática de paracetamol
  • etanol sérico
  • exame toxicológico da urina
  • eletrocardiograma (ECG)
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

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Colaboradores

Autores

Paul M. Gahlinger, MD, PhD, MPH
Paul M. Gahlinger

General Practitioner

Paradise Medical Group

Paradise

CA

Disclosures

PMG declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Linda Peng, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

HMC Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT) Lead

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland

OR

Disclosures

LP declares that she has no competing interests.

Kenneth Katz, MD, FACMT, FAAEM, FACEP

Emergency Medicine Physician

Lehigh Valley Physician Group

Allentown

PA

Disclosures

KK declares that he has no competing interests.

Ruben Thanacoody, MD, FRCP (Edin)

Consultant Physician/Honorary Senior Lecturer

Regional Drugs and Therapeutics Centre

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

UK

Disclosures

RT declares that he has no competing interests.

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Key articles

Klega AE, Keehbauch JT. Stimulant and designer drug use: primary care management. Am Fam Physician. 2018 Jul 15;98(2):85-92.Full text  Abstract

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