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Management of Accidental Succinylcholine Ingestion: Navigating Uncharted Waters

Accidental oral ingestion of intravenous drugs is rare and under-reported, which may lead to serious morbidity and worsen the outcome for the patient. Though oral ingestion of sedatives and opioid drugs is reported, literature regarding the ingestion of muscle relaxants and subsequent management is...

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Autores principales: Jain, Shikha, Singh, Pooja, Karna, Sunaina T, Ahmad, Zainab
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8933851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35350533
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22312
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Sumario:Accidental oral ingestion of intravenous drugs is rare and under-reported, which may lead to serious morbidity and worsen the outcome for the patient. Though oral ingestion of sedatives and opioid drugs is reported, literature regarding the ingestion of muscle relaxants and subsequent management is limited. We report an interesting case of oral intake of 10 ml (500 mg) of injection Succinylcholine, a depolarizing muscle relaxant, by a psychiatric patient awaiting electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the pre-procedure room. We hereby report the subsequent sequence of events along with the suggested recommendations to be followed in the case of such an eventuality. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of oral ingestion of a depolarizing neuromuscular blocking drug and its subsequent consequences.