Professional paper

Methyprylon intoxication

Z. Duraković ; Klinika za unutrašnje bolesti s poliklinikom Rebro Medicinskog fakulteta i KBC u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
S. Dujmić ; Psihijatrijska bolnica Kampor na Rabu, Rab, Hrvatska
Lj. Dujmić ; Psihijatrijska bolnica Kampor na Rabu, Rab, Hrvatska
F. Plavšić ; Zavod za kliničko-laboratorijsku dijagnostiku KBC u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

The paper deals with the course of illness in a 60-yeair-old woman who had taken several drugs simultaneously. She was treated in a psychiatric hospital for 67 days for acute psychosis. On the day when she was supposed to leave hospital she was found in a state of deep coma. A substance with the characteristics of methyprylon was identified by toxicologicai laboratory analysis. The state of coma lasted 90 hours and was complicated with hypotension, pneumonia and pulmonary oedema. The patient regained consciousness without any neurological disturbances, and was discharged from hospital after 22 weeks of treatment.

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Hrčak ID:

156792

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/156792

Publication date:

23.1.1986.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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