EEG appearances in acute carbamazepine toxicity

R S Howard1, P S Trend, H R Townsend

  • 1National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Maida Vale, London, UK.

Summary

A teenage patient survived a severe carbamazepine overdose, showing brainstem dysfunction on EEG. Activated charcoal treatment successfully cleared the drug and normalized brain activity.