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Intrathecal injection of high-dose meglumine amidotrizoate with complete recovery
K Maruyama1, Y Setoguchi, J Maruyama
1Department of Anesthesiology, Mie University Hospital, Japan.
Intensive Care Medicine
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Rarely we are faced with accidental spinal injection of potentially toxic substances. We present 2 cases in which amidetrizoate, water-soluble ionic contrast medium, was accidentally injected intrathecally. Our treatment consisted of vigorous hydration and barbiturate coma. This report suggests that for water-soluble ionic contrast media increasing cerebrospinal fluid circulation by vigorous hydration may be as effective as spinal lavage in diminishing toxicity.