Lipid Rescue Therapy and High-Dose insulin Euglycemic Therapy are Effective for Severe Refractory Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose: Case Report and Review of Literature

Lipid Rescue Therapy and High-Dose insulin Euglycemic Therapy are Effective for Severe Refractory Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose: Case Report and Review of Literature

Background: High-Dose Insulin Euglycemic Therapy (HIET) and Lipid Rescue Therapy (LRT) are new alternative treatments for acute poisoning with calcium channel blockers. In this report a severely poisoned patient with verapamil and furosemide who was successfully treated with these two treatments is...

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Main Author: Niko Bekjarovski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2013-09-01
Series:Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology
Subjects:
Calcium Channel Blockers
Fat Emulsions, Intravenous
Poisoning
Verapamil
Online Access:http://apjmt.mums.ac.ir/pdf_1676_2a4acd8d19b2ab1d55af884277714c1c.html

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