title: [Pyridoxine for severe metabolic acidosis and seizures due to isoniazid overdose].
abstract: A 15-year-old girl took 3 g of isoniazid (15 tablets) in a suicide attempt and was brought unconscious to the emergency room. She was in respiratory failure, with seizures that could not be stopped with diazepam. Severe metabolic acidosis with normal serum lactate developed (pH 6.85), but did not improve after infusion of bicarbonate. Intravenous administration of pyridoxine led to prompt cessation of the seizures and to gradual improvement of acid-base status. She recovered consciousness after several hours and was discharged a week later.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Wolfson Medical Center, Holon.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adler
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Girsh-Solomonovich
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Raikhlin-Eisenkraft
mesh_terms: D000138:Acidosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000293:Adolescent; D062787:Drug Overdose; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000506:poisoning*; D011736:Pyridoxine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011736:Pyridoxine; D007538:Isoniazid