Continuous intravenous flumazenil infusion in a patient with chlordiazepoxide toxicity and hepatic encephalopathy

Autor: Moh′d Al-Halawani, Parijat Sen, Yazan Abdeen, Hamid Shaaban, Allan J Klukowicz, Richard A Miller
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 58-60 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0974-2700
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2700.145422
Popis: Flumazenil, a benzodiazepine receptor antagonist, is the drug of choice for the diagnosis and treatment of benzodiazepine overdose. We are presenting a patient with chronic alcoholism and alcoholic liver disease, who came with alcohol withdrawal symptoms and treated chlordiazepoxide. Subsequently he developed a prolonged change in mental status that required treatment for benzodiazepine overdose and hepatic encephalopathy with flumazenil infusion for 28 days.
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