TY - JOUR
T1 - The Use of Extracorporeal Life Support in a Patient Suffering from Venlafaxine Intoxication. A Case Report
AU - Marquetand, Christoph
AU - Langer, Harald F.
AU - Klein, Jan Philipp
AU - Graf, Tobias
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Christoph Marquetand, Harald F. Langer, Jan Philipp Klein, Tobias Graf, published by Sciendo.
PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - Very few reports exist on serious cardiac complications associated with intake of serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors. This paper describes and discusses the case of a patient who ingested a dose of 17.5 g venlafaxine. She developed a full serotonergic syndrome leading to multi-organ failure, including refractory cardiovascular shock, which was managed by early implantation of an extracorporeal life support (ECLS) system as a bridging strategy. This intervention was successful and resulted in full recovery of the patient.
AB - Very few reports exist on serious cardiac complications associated with intake of serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors. This paper describes and discusses the case of a patient who ingested a dose of 17.5 g venlafaxine. She developed a full serotonergic syndrome leading to multi-organ failure, including refractory cardiovascular shock, which was managed by early implantation of an extracorporeal life support (ECLS) system as a bridging strategy. This intervention was successful and resulted in full recovery of the patient.
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U2 - 10.2478/jccm-2020-0014
DO - 10.2478/jccm-2020-0014
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85100574809
SN - 2393-1817
VL - 6
SP - 120
EP - 123
JO - Journal of Critical Care Medicine
JF - Journal of Critical Care Medicine
IS - 2
ER -
