. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 28.

Published in final edited form as: Hum Exp Toxicol. 2008 Jun;27(6):513–518. doi: 10.1177/0960327108091861

Table 3.

Summary of atropine toxicity in patients with prospective observations

	Ad hoc dose N=100	Titrated dose N=126	P Value
Restrained
Physical	42 (42%)	2 (2%)	<0.0001^*
Diazepam	5 (5%)	1 (1%)	N/S
Haloperidol	1 (1%)	0 (0%)	N/S
Delirium^€	17 (17%)	1 (1%)	<0.0001^*
Hallucination	35 (35%)	1 (1%)	<0.0001^*
Ventilated	3(3%)	23 (18%)	<0.0004^*
Hospital stay (days)^¥	4.7 (3-6)	3.1 (2-3)	<0.0001^*
Deaths from atropine subgroup	7 (7%)	14(11%)	N/S
Deaths from whole cohort	8 (7%)	17 (13%)	N/S

^€

Delirium was evaluated by using CAM scoring system

Data are number (%) unless otherwise indicated

^¥

Median (IQR).

Results that are significantly different and corresponding P value