MedEdPORTAL 2021 01 29;17:11092. Epub 2021 Jan 29.
Director of Cook County Simulation Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cook County Health; Co-Executive Director, Rush Center for Clinical Skills and Simulation.
Introduction: MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is a popular drug of abuse associated with a variety of clinical manifestations. There are a number of life-threatening sequelae, including, but not limited to, agitated delirium, cardiac dysrhythmias, and hyperthermia. Similar to other substances that cause sympathomimetic toxidromes, MDMA also induces a syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion-like state resulting in hyponatremia. Read More