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Meprobamate poisoning, hypotension and the Swan-Ganz catheter
E Eeckhout1, L Huyghens, B Loef
1Department of Internal Medicine, Akademisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
Intensive Care Medicine
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
A case is described in which voluntary ingestion of 72 g meprobamate (mpb) was complicated by shock ascribed to cardiac failure and vasodilation, documented by hemodynamic monitoring. Forced diuresis and cardiac inotropic support were added to the therapy. We recommend Swan-Ganz monitoring in any case of mpb overdosage associated with hypotension and suggest that forced diuresis is not contraindicated if appropriate assessment of the patient's hemodynamic condition is performed.