Citation

Hantson P, Ronveau JL, De Coninck B, Horn JL, Mahieu P, Hassoun A. Intensive Care Med. 1991; 17(7): 430-431.

Affiliation

Department of Intensive Care, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1774400

Abstract

Cardiac arrhythmias and circulatory collapse account for the high mortality reported after severe chloroquine poisoning. We have recently observed a 17-year-old man who ingested an 8 g chloroquine overdose. Cardiac arrest occurred within 1 h. Cardiogenic shock was refractory to epinephrine, dopamine and molar sodium lactate. Amrinone, a bipyridine analog, was then successfully used to improve haemodynamic conditions.

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