Cardiac Arrest Following Inadvertent Intravenous Administration of an Oral Antiacid: Hydrotalcite.
Br J Med Med Res
;
2014 Dec; 4(35): 5519-5523
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in English
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| ID: sea-175751
ABSTRACT
Emergency department overcrowding combined with shortage of experienced and knowledgeable healthcare staff may lead to fatal, albeit rare, malpractice cases in developing countries. We report herein a patient with cardiac arrest as a result of inadvertent intravenous injection of hydrotalcite, an orally administered anti-acid medication. Our literature search revealed no previous cases of cardiac arrest as a result of intravenous (IV) administration of hydrotalcite.
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Br J Med Med Res
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2014
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