The use of diazepam in chloroquine poisoning.
A 39-year-old patient was found to be unconscious after having taken 2.5 g of chloroquine. Treatment consisted mainly of gastric lavage and diazepam. Experimental and clinical evidence is presented to show that diazepam in varying doses significantly decreases the mortality rate.
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Department of Anaesthetics, Hammersmith Hospital, London.
D000328:Adult; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000506:poisoning*; D003975:Diazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D062787:Drug Overdose; D005260:Female; D005751:Gastric Lavage; D006801:Humans; D011041:Poisoning / Q000628:therapy
D002738:Chloroquine; D003975:Diazepam