title: Successful treatment of chloral hydrate cardiac toxicity with propranolol.
abstract: A case of chloral hydrate overdose causing resistant ventricular arrhythmias is presented. Our case and other case reports suggest that chloral hydrate-induced arrhythmias are resistant to standard antiarrhythmic agents and that intravenous beta blockers should be the firstline treatment for these arrhythmias.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The Toronto Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zahedi
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002697:Chloral Hydrate / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D011433:Propranolol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D002697:Chloral Hydrate; D011433:Propranolol