title: [Sodium nitroprusside in ischaemic complications of acute ergot poisoning (author's transl)].
abstract: Various treatments have been tried against ischaemic complications of acute ergot poisoning, but no definite therapeutic approach based on a sufficient number of cases has yet been proposed. The mechanism of vascular spasm, the action of sodium nitroprusside and the good results obtained in 7 cases reported in the literature and in 2 personal cases have prompted the authors to suggest the use of this drug as first-choice treatment in these patients.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004881:Ergotism / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005121:Extremities / Q000098:blood supply; D005260:Female; D005292:Ferricyanides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D005292:Ferricyanides; D009599:Nitroprusside
vernacular_title: Place du nitroprussiate de sodium dans les accidents ischémiques de l'ergotisme aigu.