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Rapidly fatal neurological and cardiocirculatory failure in a patient recently treated with nefopam.

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Trungu, Jetlir [UCL] Laarbaui, Fatima [UCL] Dechamps, Mélanie [UCL] Hantson, Philippe [UCL]

A 65-year-old woman was found unconscious (Glasgow Coma Scale 3/15) and with respiratory failure (gasping) at the pneumology ward where she had been admitted for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation. She had a history of psychiatric disorders treated with several psychoactive drugs and a recent traumatic lumbar vertebral fracture requiring the introduction of analgesics. [...]

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Lettre à l'éditeur
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2019
Language Anglais
Journal information "Minerva Anestesiologica" - Vol. 85, no. 5, p. 561-562 (2019)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Edizioni Minerva Medica ((Italy) Torino)
issn 0375-9393
e-issn 1827-1596
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SSS/IREC/MEDA - Pôle de médecine aiguë
UCL - (SLuc) Service de soins intensifs
UCL - (SLuc) Service de pathologies cardiovasculaires intensives
MESH Subject Aged ; Analgesics, Non-Narcotic ; Fatal Outcome ; Female ; Humans ; Nefopam ; Nervous System Diseases ; Serotonin Syndrome ; Shock
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Bibliographic reference Trungu, Jetlir ; Laarbaui, Fatima ; Dechamps, Mélanie ; Hantson, Philippe. Rapidly fatal neurological and cardiocirculatory failure in a patient recently treated with nefopam.. In: Minerva Anestesiologica, Vol. 85, no. 5, p. 561-562 (2019)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/242297