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case_images: Case report timeline.
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case_images: The timeline for our patient was as follows (Figure 1).
case_images: A graphic representation of the clinical course of the patient with serotonin syndrome, showing laboratory values during hospitalization.
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case_images: Given that the half-life of escitalopram is 30 h, its metabolites last longer, and an elderly patient needs more time to eliminate escitalopram, the increase in laboratory results 2 days after her discontinuation seemed to be normal (Figure 2).