Two chloroquine tablets have gone missing and the 2 year-old suspect is ‘keeping mum’ about it. Now what do you do? What if life-threatening toxicity occurs?
Tricyclic antidepressant toxicity
October 30, 2009 By 2 Comments
A 25 year-old male (70 kg) is brought in by ambulance 30 to 60 minutes after ingesting 7 x 500mg amitriptyline. He is tachycardic (HR 120) with an otherwise ‘normal’ ECG (QRS 95 ms) but is becoming drowsy.
Unusual Urine 004
March 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A 72 year old female is admitted following an emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. The day after her surgery, the following biochemistry results are obtained:
