Chloroquine poisoning : ventricular fibrillation following 'trivial' overdose in a child

A 13-year-old boy was admitted to hospital 45 min after the ingestion of approximately 750 mg of chloroquine base. A few minutes after gastric lavage with warm water he developed ventricular fibrillation from which he was promptly resuscitated. The plasma concentration of chloroquine was 4.2 mumol/l...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Intensive care medicine 1992-03, Vol.18 (3), p.170-171
Hauptverfasser:	COLLEE, G. G, SAMRA, G. S, HANSON, G. C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Chloroquine - poisoning Drug intoxications. Doping Drug Overdose - complications Drug Overdose - therapy Electrocardiography Gastric Lavage Humans Lidocaine - therapeutic use Male Medical sciences Pharmacology. Drug treatments Ventricular Fibrillation - chemically induced Ventricular Fibrillation - diagnosis Ventricular Fibrillation - therapy
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