@article{ref1,
title="[State of shock during acute meprobamate poisoning. 6 cases]",
journal="Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation",
year="1994",
author="Landier, C. and Lanotte, R. and Legras, A. and Dequin, P. F. and Perrotin, D.",
volume="13",
number="3",
pages="407-411",
abstract="The prognosis of acute meprobamate poisoning is related to shock whose haemodynamic mechanism remains obscure. We report the results of a retrospective study of six patients with meprobamate poisoning associated with shock and explored by a right heart catheterization. The age of the patients, five women and one man, ranged from 36 to 57 years. Five patients had also ingested other psychotropic drugs. A haemodynamic investigation was performed at admission to the ICU and three hours later, under treatment. Vasoplegia was the predominant feature. A myocardial dysfunction was sometimes associated, which can be explained by a moderate hypothermia. According to these results, we suggest that prior to right heart catheterization, the treatment should include inotropic and alphamimetic agents and that vascular filling should be cautious.<p /><p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="0750-7658",
doi="10.1016/s0750-7658(94)80049-9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0750-7658(94)80049-9"
}