Vol 71, No 10 (2013)
Case studies
Published online: 2013-10-16
Intravenous lipid emulsion in wide complex arrhythmia with alternating bundle branch block pattern from cocaine overdose
DOI: 10.5603/KP.2013.0263
Kardiol Pol 2013;71(10):1073-1075.
Abstract
We describe the management of a young patient who had experienced a cocaine overdose. The patient presented with altered mental status and seizures and subsequently developed a wide complex arrhythmia with a rare alternating bundle branch block pattern. Intravenous lipid emulsion was administered following initial resuscitation and endotracheal intubation, because conservative methods of treating the persistent cardiac arrhythmias failed.
Keywords: cocainewide complex rhythmintravenous lipid emulsion