Massive Atropine Eye Drop Ingestion Treated with High-Dose Physostigmine to Avoid Intubation

Massive Atropine Eye Drop Ingestion Treated with High-Dose Physostigmine to Avoid Intubation

CASE A 34-year-old male presented after ingesting 150 mg of atropine. He had altered mental status, sinus tachycardia, dry mucosa, flushed skin, and hyperthermia. Sequential doses of physostigmine, totaling 14 mg, were successful in reversing antimuscarinic toxicity and prevented the need to perform airway control with endotracheal intubation. At completion of treatment, heart rate and mental s...

High dose atropine in organophosphorus poisoning.

Amitraz Poisoning Treated Successfully with Atropine.

Very few cases have been reported with Amitraz as a suicidal agent from India. Here we present such a case treated successfully with atropine sulphate.

Massive levothyroxine ingestion.

Cavitary lesions due to pulmonary tuberculosis are very rare in infants, although these may be found in older children and adolescents [1]. We report a six-month-old girl who presented with history of recurrent episodes of respiratory infections, failure to gain weight, rapid respiration and feeding difficulty since 3 months of age. Failure to thrive, respiratory distress, clubbing and decrease...

Fatal massive amphetamine ingestion associated with hyperpyrexia.

Amphetamine use in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s resulted in many reports of death attributed to toxicity. Few approved indications exist for the medical use of amphetamine and its derivatives. Unfortunately, when compared with other illegal street drugs, nonmedical uses of various amphetamines have been increasing in the 1990s. The abuse of amphetamines continues to cause severe and lethal intoxi...