In a review of the English literature of fatalities from serotonin syndrome from 1981-2020, most fatalities had an onset of serotonin syndrome ≤ or > 24 h?
Roughly 60% had symptoms ≤ 24 hours and 50% died ≤ 24 hours.
Sanjay Prakash, Chaturbhuj Rathore, Kaushik Rana & Anurag Prakash (2021) Fatal serotonin syndrome: a systematic review of 56 cases in the literature, Clinical Toxicology, 59:2, 89-100, DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2020.1839662
Submitted by: Kirk Cumpston, DO, FAACT
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