Pulmonary edema after intravenous injection of eyedrops containing adrenaline
Vestergaard, L.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 155(46): 3776-3777
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-5782 PMID: 8256375 Document Number: 409284
A case of adrenaline overdose in a 27 year old male drug addict is reported. Following accidental injection of 20 mg adrenaline he developed pulmonary oedema and severe metabolic acidosis, which responded well to symptomatic treatment.
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