Citation

Störmann S, Hoppe J, Steinert D, Angstwurm MW. J. Crit. Care Med. (Targu Mures) 2022; 8(1): 61-65.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie Tîrgu-Mures, Publisher Walter de Gruyter)

DOI

10.2478/jccm-2021-0036

PMID

35274057

PMCID

PMC8852289

Abstract

This report concerns a young man who attempted suicide by ingesting a cocktail with a lethal dose of chloroquine phosphate and large amounts of diazepam. On presentation, the patient was drowsy, unresponsive and in cardiogenic shock with severely impaired left ventricular function. Active charcoal and vasopressors were administered, and despite his intoxication with diazepam, a high-dose diazepam treatment was initiated in the hospital. It is concluded that diazepam in the cocktail played a vital role in the survival of this patient. With a rise in numbers, every emergency and intensive care physician should be familiar with chloroquine poisoning.

Language: en

Keywords

chloroquine; diazepam; intoxication; suicide attempt