title: [Intravenous methyl iodide poisoning--detoxification using hemoperfusion].
abstract: A 19-year-old patient intending to commit suicide gave himself an intravenous injection of about 14 g methyliodide. The patient was admitted to our hospital in a state of somnolence and agitation followed by a cerebral convulsion and severe hypotension. The serum concentration of methyl iodide was measured by mass spectroscopy. In addition to an antidote therapy with acetylcysteine, haemoperfusion was performed followed by a remarkable decrease of the methyliodide concentration. The patient survived this severe intoxication and was discharged from the hospital after a week.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universitätsklinik Bonn.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Robertz-Vaupel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bierl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: von Unruh
mesh_terms: D000111:Acetylcysteine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000931:Antidotes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006464:Hemoperfusion; D006801:Humans; D006847:Hydrocarbons, Iodinated / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000506:poisoning*; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D011041:Poisoning / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D000931:Antidotes; D006847:Hydrocarbons, Iodinated; C014055:methyl iodide; D000111:Acetylcysteine
vernacular_title: Intravenöse Methyljodidintoxikation--Detoxikation durch Hämoperfusion.