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[Acute poisoning with nifedipine and acebutol: two cases]
Barbara Groszek1, Dorota Szpak, Małogorzata Kłys
1Klinika Toksykologii Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie, 31-826 Kraków, Os. Złotej Jesieni 1.
Przeglad Lekarski
|October 23, 2003
Abstract:
In this paper the case of intoxication in two women (19-year-old and 23-year-old), who in suicide attempts ingested at the same time different doses of nifedipine and acebutol. In 23-year-old woman 4 hours post ingestion cardiorespiratory arrest was stated. Resuscitation procedures were ineffective, she died. Acebutol concentration in postmortem blood was 24.1 mg/l and nifedipine-1.8 mg/l. The second one (19-year-old) was treated successfully, only mild cardiac disturbances were observed. Acebutol concentration in blood was 1.8 mg/l, nifedipine was not stated.