title: Crack cocaine-induced cardiac conduction abnormalities are reversed by sodium bicarbonate infusion.
abstract: We report a dramatic case of a 19-year-old man with crack cocaine overdose with important clinical complications as cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation and epileptics status. During this intoxication, electrocardiographic abnormalities similar to those found in tricyclic antidepressant poisoning were observed, and they were reversed by intravenous sodium bicarbonate infusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, São Paulo University Medical School at Ribeirão Preto, Rua Bernardino de Campos 1000, 14020-670 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos Henrique
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Antônio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pazin-Filho