title: [Neurological and heart failure following an accidental intoxication by hydrogen sulphide: a case report].
abstract: We report the case of a patient who was victim of a hydrogen sulphide poisoning. This poisoning took place following a fall in sewers. The initial clinical presentation was dominated by an acute respiratory failure caused by an acute pulmonary oedema. In this context, non cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is usually evoked in the literature. Our observation supports a left ventricular systolic dysfunction as a possible cause of this cardiorespiratory complication. The initial presentation was also marked by a coma which is often associated with severe poisonings by hydrogen sulphide. Evolution was favourable under symptomatic treatment. We discuss the mechanism of heart and neurological failure.
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation médicale, CHU Habib Bourguiba, route el Ain Km 1, 3029 Sfax, Tunisie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bahloul
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chelly
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sahnoun
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bouaziz
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D003128:Coma / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide