RESUMO
Two patients suffered from acute renal failure following the use of a larger than usual volume of ethanolamine oleate during the injection of varicose veins. Prominent symptoms of headache, nausea and epigastric pain were associated with the onset of acute renal failure. Spontaneous recovery occurred.
Assuntos
Injúria Renal Aguda/induzido quimicamente , Ácidos Oleicos/efeitos adversos , Soluções Esclerosantes/efeitos adversos , Doença Aguda , Feminino , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
Naso-gastric tube aspirates were taken from patients with drug overdoses who had been given a gastric lavage and admitted to the resuscitation ward. Although care was taken to conduct thorough washouts, it was found that these were not always efficient. In several cases an amount equivalent to a therapeutic dose of drug was recovered in later aspirates. There was no correlation between the amount of drug recovered in the initial stomach washings and that found in the aspirates. It was concluded that routine aspiration of gastric contents at hourly intervals after admission was of considerable value in removing any residual drugs.
