Citation

Uysal E, Solak S, Carus M, Uzun N, Çevik E. Turk. J. Emerg. Med. 2015; 15(2): 87-89.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Emergency Medicine Association of Turkey, Publisher KARE Publishing)

DOI

10.5505/1304.7361.2015.33230

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Salbutamol-induced cardiac complications are well-established. Herein, we describe a case of a 24-year female who was admitted to the emergency department because of a suicide attempt with salbutamol (76 mg). Salbutamol abuse induced the development of supraventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. Regular sinus rhythm was restored with defibrillation. The hypokalemic patient who stayed in the intensive care unit was discharged after 48 hours of hospitalization.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; Suicide; female; case report; suicide attempt; hospitalization; drug abuse; drug overdose; disease association; blood sampling; hospital admission; length of stay; patient monitoring; intensive care unit; emergency ward; activated carbon; hospital discharge; sodium chloride; glucose blood level; triacylglycerol lipase; alanine aminotransferase; aspartate aminotransferase; glucose; defibrillation; Glasgow coma scale; heart ventricle fibrillation; sodium; sodium blood level; creatinine; creatinine blood level; leukocyte count; potassium; potassium blood level; urea; electrocardiography; nitrogen; calcium; sinus tachycardia; treatment response; urea nitrogen blood level; amylase; amylase blood level; calcium blood level; Article; unconsciousness; blood gas analysis; hypokalemia; supraventricular tachycardia; hemoglobin; international normalized ratio; medical history; thrombocyte count; bilirubin; bilirubin blood level; hemoglobin blood level; alanine aminotransferase blood level; aspartate aminotransferase blood level; arterial pressure; prothrombin time; pulse rate; salbutamol; young adult; lung auscultation; breathing rate; metoprolol tartrate; arterial oxygen saturation; partial thromboplastin time; sinus rhythm; chloride; chloride blood level; triacylglycerol lipase blood level; heart auscultation; Ventricular fibrillation; Salbutamol