Template:Clinical Features Anticholinergic Toxicity
- Red as a beet: cutaneous vasodilation
- Blind as a bat: nonreactive mydriasis (often delayed 12-24hr)
- Mad as a hatter: delirium; attention deficit; hallucinations; dysarthria; lethargy
- Full as a flask: urinary retention
- Hot as a hare: anhydrotic hyperthermia (may become severe w/ agitation)
- Dry as a bone: anhidrosis (esp axillae, mouth)
- And the heart runs alone: Tachycardia (HR 120-160) and decreased/absent bowel sounds
