Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Rescue Therapy in a Child with Carisoprodol Overdose

The use of intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE) therapy in children with carisoprodol toxicity was not described previously. We report the case of an adolescent female who presented to our pediatric intensive care unit with unresponsiveness and respiratory depression. The patient recovered immediately f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chegondi, Madhuradhar, Badheka, Aditya, Chacham, Swathi, Kahana, Madelyn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6935339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31890446
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6250
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Sumario:The use of intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE) therapy in children with carisoprodol toxicity was not described previously. We report the case of an adolescent female who presented to our pediatric intensive care unit with unresponsiveness and respiratory depression. The patient recovered immediately following ILE therapy and subsequently admitted having carisoprodol overdose. 

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