Citation

Nicolas F, Rodineau P, Rouzioux JM, Tack I, Chabac S, Meram D. Crit. Care Med. 1990; 18(5): 573-575.

Affiliation

Department of Intensive Care, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2328602

Abstract

A patient developed fulminant hepatic failure 48 h after the ingestion of T 61, a veterinary euthanasia drug which contains both general and local anesthetics, a neuromuscular blocking agent, and dimethylformamide (DMF) as a solvent. This is the first report of such severe hepatic manifestation in T 61 poisoning, the most common symptoms of which are early coma and respiratory failure due to the anesthetic and the neuromuscular blocking agent. In a very few cases mild and transitory symptoms of hepatic insufficiency have been observed. In this case the fulminant hepatic failure was due to the high dose (0.6 ml/kg) ingestion of DMF.

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