[Lethal aqueous pericardium-tamponade after overtreatment by forced diuresis (author's transl)].
A case of lethal pericardium-tamponade is reported as a consequence of excessive hydration in a 19-year-old woman. According to her own report, she took 8-10 tablets of Adumbran and Persumbran in drug form in an attempt to commit suicide. Neither clinical observation, the obduction, histological findings nor chemotoxicological analysis are capable of explaining a deadly poisoning by these tablets. This paper points to the necessity of most careful controls that are required even for adults in regard to the electrolytic and hydrological balances.
D000328:Adult; D001463:Barbiturates / Q000506:poisoning; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004231:Diuresis / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
D001463:Barbiturates
Tödliche, wässrige Herzbeuteltamponade nach Ubertherapie infolge forcierter Diurese.