PROPOXYPHENE-INDUCED WIDE QRS COMPLEX DYSRHYTHMIA RESPONSIVE TO SODIUM-BICARBONATE - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
STORK CM REDD JT FINE K HOFFMAN RS
Citation
Cm. Stork et al., PROPOXYPHENE-INDUCED WIDE QRS COMPLEX DYSRHYTHMIA RESPONSIVE TO SODIUM-BICARBONATE - A CASE-REPORT, Journal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology, 33(2), 1995, pp. 179-183
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Toxicology
Journal title
Journal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07313810
Volume
33
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
179 - 183
Database
ISI
SICI code
0731-3810(1995)33:2<179:PWQCDR>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Propoxyphene overdose is known to cause widening of the QRS complex on EGG. We report a case of a 54-year-old female who ingested approximat ely 100 propoxyphene hydrochloride tablets in a suicide attempt. She d eveloped a wide complex dysrhythmia which responded to sodium bicarbon ate therapy. Propoxyphene-induced wide complex dysrhythmia responsive to sodium bicarbonate therapy has not been previously reported in the literature,