학술논문
Carbamazepine intoxication complicated by status epilepticus and ventricular fibrillation in the youth ; a case report / 痙攣重積と心室細動を合併した若年者のカルバマゼピン中毒の一例
Document Type
Journal Article
Author
Source
日本救急医学会関東地方会雑誌 / KANTO Journal of Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. 2019, 39(3):363
Subject
Language
Japanese
ISSN
0287-301X
2434-2580
2434-2580
Abstract
27-year-old man with a history of epilepsy and no risks of arrhythmias was transported to the emergency department with coma. He developed convulsive seizures in the emergency department and was still in coma. His serum carbamazepine level was 56.9µg/mL so he was hospitalized due to status epilepticus and suspicion of carbamazepine intoxication. On day 4 of hospitalization, he developed ventricular fibrillation (VF) and achieved return of spontaneous circulation after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Ictal VF was suspected due to the presence of remarkable artifacts in the electrocardiogram monitor before the onset of VF so sudden unexpected death in epilepsy was considered.