Open AccessAntitubercular drug poisoning in a pregnant woman
Author(s) -
R K Dutta,
Surya Kumar Dube,
Dinesh Singh
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.68383
Subject(s) - sodium bicarbonate , pyridoxine , metabolic acidosis , ingestion , medicine , pregnancy , anesthesia , tonic (physiology) , coma (optics) , acidosis , drug , drug intoxication , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , chemistry , biology , optics , genetics , physics
A 20-year-old female in her third month of pregnancy, presented with generalised tonic clonic seizures, metabolic acidosis and coma following suicidal ingestion of antitubercular medication. We successfully managed the case with pyridoxine, sodium bicarbonate and mechanical ventilation.