Acute propafenone poisoning. Description of a case
Picciotto, G.; Siragusa, V.; Cellura, M.; Ventimiglia, C.; Rotolo, L.
Minerva Cardioangiologica 38(12): 555-558
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4725 PMID: 2092235 Document Number: 351369
The paper reports a case of a 16-year-old girl who was admitted to hospital in a state of shock having attempted to commit suicide by taking ten 300 mg pills of propafenone (Rytmonorm). The patient showed severe atrio-ventricular and intraventricular conduction disorders; an infusion of bicarbonate if soda and dopamine was immediately given and a temporary heart electro-stimulator was inserted. Conduction disorders gradually disappeared over the course of 36 hours and the patient was discharged with sinusal rhythm and good hemodynamic balance on the third day after admittance.