Citation

Spina T. Minerva Anestesiol. 1994; 60(1-2): 71-75.

Vernacular Title

Un raro caso di tentato suicidio con colchicina.

Affiliation

Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione, ULSS n. 11-Presidio Ospedaliero, Pescara.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Edizioni Minerva Medica)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8208456

Abstract

The author reports an unusual case of voluntary poisoning caused by 60 mg of colchicine. He describes the physiopathological mechanism of poisoning, the clinical evolution and the treatment. In particular, he examines the ARDS, typical complication, analyzing the responsible mechanism of this event and some of its peculiarities. The author pays particular attention to the blood monitoring levels of HHb as a precious diagnostic index of diffuse infiltrative lung disease.

Language: it