Citation

Brady WJ, Stremski E, Eljaiek L, Aufderheide TP. Am. J. Emerg. Med. 1994; 12(5): 533-536.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8060407

Abstract

Inhalation of volatile halogenated hydrocarbons may produce life-threatening cardiac and neurological toxicity. A 15-year-old boy developed ventricular fibrillation immediately after intentional inhalation of a fluorinated hydrocarbon from an automobile air conditioner recharge unit. After the use of intravenous bretylium, a hemodynamically stable sinus tachycardia was restored. Aspiration pneumonitis and rhabdomyolysis complicated his hospital course before complete neurological recovery. The mechanism and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias after volatile fluorinated hydrocarbon inhalation are reviewed.

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