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[Accidental chloral hydrate poisoning]
A P Jonville1, J Mesny, L Quillet
1Centre de Pharmaco-Toxicovigilance, C.H.R.U., Hôpital Bretonneau, Tours, France.
Journal De Toxicologie Clinique Et Experimentale
|October 1, 1991
Abstract:
A 42-year-old woman had an accidental overdose of chloral hydrate due to repeated absorption of a therapeutic dose of chloral syrup for insomnia. The total ingestion was estimated at 8 g. Overnight slight loss of consciousness associated with severe cardiac arrhythmia (bigeminia ventricular extra-systole) needed admission to the intensive care unit and intravenous lignocaine for two days. The evolution was satisfactory.