title: [Transient sick sinus syndrome by oral intake of high dose dehydrocodeine for postherpetic neuralgia].
abstract: An 88-year-old man was admitted to the intensive care unit after the ingestion of 150 mg of dehydrocodeine. The ECG showed severe brodycardia and he was diagnosed as sick sinus syndrome. The recovering of sinus node function took 5 days after the ingestion. The complication observed suggests that transient hypoxia induced by ingestion of high dose DHC had affected sinus node.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Clinic, Tonami General Hospital, Tonami.
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Ariyama
authors: Keizo
authors: K
authors: Shibata
authors: Shinsuke
authors: S
authors: Saito
authors: Yuji
authors: Y
authors: Sugimoto
authors: Hirokazu
authors: H
authors: Imanishi
authors: Yoshiko
authors: Y
authors: Tooyama
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003061:Codeine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051474:Neuralgia, Postherpetic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012804:Sick Sinus Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; C014481:dihydrocodeine; D003061:Codeine