Citation

Laake K, Kittang E, Refstad SO, Holm HA. Acta Med. Scand. 1981; 210(1-2): 137-138.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, Almqvist and Wiksell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7293823

Abstract

A fatal case of propranolol intoxication is described. The patient had ingested 3-5 g of the drug and probably no other drugs. Gastric lavage could not be performed due to some kind of obstruction in the distal part of the oesophagus. At autopsy, the oesophagus was normal, and a spasm due to B-blockade is suggested. Epileptiform seizures resistant to treatment with diazepam and barbiturates were frequent and probably not solely caused by cerebral ischaemia.

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