title: Antitubercular drug poisoning in a pregnant woman.
abstract: A 20-year-old female in her third month of pregnancy, presented with generalised tonic clonic seizures, metabolic acidosis and coma following suicidal ingestion of antitubercular medication. We successfully managed the case with pyridoxine, sodium bicarbonate and mechanical ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221 005, India.
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Surya Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Dube
authors.forename: Dinesh Kumar
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Singh