Massive chloroquine intoxication: importance of early treatment and pre-hospital treatment.
Chloroquine intoxication, despite therapeutic improvements, remains a potentially serious condition. We report a case of a 25-year-old patient, having ingested 10 g of chloroquine, a dose commonly considered to be lethal. Thanks to appropriate early medical treatment, this patient's outcome was favourable. To our knowledge, the literature contains no other report of survival of a patient after such an intake. This report emphasises the need to use a pre-designed medical care protocol to implement appropriate therapy as rapidly as possible.
Messant
Irène
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Département d'Anesthésie Réanimation, SAMU 21-Hôpital Général, Rue Faubourg Raines, 21000 Dijon, France. irene.mesant@chu-dijon.fr
Jérémie
Nicolas
N
Lenfant
François
F
Freysz
Marc
M
D000328:Adult; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000506:poisoning*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005751:Gastric Lavage; D006801:Humans; D011041:Poisoning / Q000628:therapy; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D002738:Chloroquine; D004837:Epinephrine