Chewing the fat : a case report on intravenous lipid emulsion to reverse cardiotoxicity from intentional amitriptyline overdose
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2012
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Introduction: Tricyclic antidepressant overdoses are a common presenting problem to emergency centres in South Africa.
Case history: A 20-year-old female was brought to the emergency centre in status epilepticus due to tricyclic antidepressant toxicity.
Discussion: Toxicity was manifested as severe haemodynamic instability that did not respond to standard therapy, and was subsequently treated with intravenous fat emulsion (ILE) therapy. The patient recovered with a survival to hospital discharge, neurologically intact.
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CITATION: Hellig, J. et al. 2012. Chewing the fat : a case report on intravenous lipid emulsion to reverse cardiotoxicity from intentional amitriptyline overdose. African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2:159–162, doi:10.1016/j.afjem.2012.06.001.
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Hellig, J. et al. 2012. Chewing the fat : a case report on intravenous lipid emulsion to reverse cardiotoxicity from intentional amitriptyline overdose. African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2:159–162, doi:10.1016/j.afjem.2012.06.001.