Citation

Kan'o T, Kamijo Y, Hattori J, Kashimi F, Sato C, Yoshimura K. Acute Med. Surg. 2015; 2(1): 53-55.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Japanese Association for Acute Medicine, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/ams2.53

PMID

29123691

PMCID

PMC5667196

Abstract

CASE: A 30-year-old female ingested 21.75 g fluvoxamine in a suicide attempt. She presented with grand mal seizures and vomiting on admission to our Emergency Center, with a fluvoxamine serum concentration of 4.58 μg/mL. The patient was diagnosed with status epilepticus, which could not be fully suppressed with the maximum dosage of benzodiazepines. The patient also developed circulatory collapse after resuscitation for sudden cardiac arrest and acute respiratory distress syndrome, believed to be secondary to aspiration.
OUTCOME: With venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, a massive infusion of propofol successfully suppressed status epilepticus, and both the circulatory collapse and acute respiratory distress syndrome gradually improved; venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and propofol treatments were then terminated, and the patient was discharged without further disabilities.
CONCLUSION: Compared to all other reported clinical cases of fluvoxamine poisoning, the patient in this study ingested the highest dose and developed the most severe symptoms, but was successfully treated without any disabilities.

Language: en

Keywords

cardiac arrest; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; fluvoxamine poisoning; status epilepticus; venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation