U. R. Shanker., J. Webb, A. Kotze
Jul 1, 2003
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Emergency Medicine Journal
Abstract
Sodium bicarbonate is well recognised in the treatment of tricyclic overdose. But its use in the treatment of massive β blocker (propanol) overdose has not been previously reported. A 24 year old woman presented to the accident and emergency department with a history of overdose, taking 92 propanolol LA 80 mg, 45 paroxetine 30 mg, and 28 diazepam 5 mg tablets, two hours before admission. NPIS advised us to give activated charcoal every four hours and monitor vital signs closely …