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Intoxication with ajmaline in an infant. 1979

G Ben-Shachar, and Y Kishon

We present a case of overdosage of ajmaline in an infant. The appearance of atactic gait and clonic tonic seizures were followed by loss of consciousness, apnea, supraventricular tachycardia, left bundle-branch block, and a prolonged Q-T interval. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, gastric lavage, and forced diuresis were followed by complete recovery. Continuous electrocardiographic monitoring is mandatory in these cases, and the use of a cardiac pacemaker, respirator, and therapy with antiarrhythmic agents should be considered.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D008991	Monitoring, Physiologic	The continuous measurement of physiological processes, blood pressure, heart rate, renal output, reflexes, respiration, etc., in a patient or experimental animal; includes pharmacologic monitoring, the measurement of administered drugs or their metabolites in the blood, tissues, or urine.	Patient Monitoring,Monitoring, Physiological,Physiologic Monitoring,Monitoring, Patient,Physiological Monitoring
D012151	Resuscitation	The restoration to life or consciousness of one apparently dead. (Dorland, 27th ed)	Resuscitations
D002037	Bundle-Branch Block	A form of heart block in which the electrical stimulation of HEART VENTRICLES is interrupted at either one of the branches of BUNDLE OF HIS thus preventing the simultaneous depolarization of the two ventricles.	Fascicular Block,Anterior Fascicular Block,Bundle Branch Block,Left Bundle-Branch Block,Posterior Fascicular Block,Right Bundle-Branch Block,Anterior Fascicular Blocks,Block, Anterior Fascicular,Block, Bundle Branch,Block, Bundle-Branch,Block, Fascicular,Block, Left Bundle-Branch,Block, Posterior Fascicular,Block, Right Bundle-Branch,Blocks, Anterior Fascicular,Blocks, Bundle Branch,Blocks, Bundle-Branch,Blocks, Fascicular,Blocks, Left Bundle-Branch,Blocks, Posterior Fascicular,Blocks, Right Bundle-Branch,Branch Block, Bundle,Branch Blocks, Bundle,Bundle Branch Blocks,Bundle-Branch Block, Left,Bundle-Branch Block, Right,Bundle-Branch Blocks,Bundle-Branch Blocks, Left,Bundle-Branch Blocks, Right,Fascicular Block, Anterior,Fascicular Block, Posterior,Fascicular Blocks,Fascicular Blocks, Anterior,Fascicular Blocks, Posterior,Left Bundle Branch Block,Left Bundle-Branch Blocks,Posterior Fascicular Blocks,Right Bundle Branch Block,Right Bundle-Branch Blocks
D003244	Consciousness Disorders	Organic mental disorders in which there is impairment of the ability to maintain awareness of self and environment and to respond to environmental stimuli. Dysfunction of the cerebral hemispheres or brain stem RETICULAR FORMATION may result in this condition.	Consciousness, Level Altered,Disorder of Consciousness,Disorders of Consciousness,Semiconsciousness,Altered Level of Consciousness,Consciousness, Level Depressed,Depressed Level of Consciousness,Consciousness Disorder
D004231	Diuresis	An increase in the excretion of URINE. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)	Diureses
D004562	Electrocardiography	Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY.	12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D005260	Female		Females
D005751	Gastric Lavage	Medical procedure involving the emptying of contents in the stomach through the use of a tube inserted through the nose or mouth. It is performed to remove poisons or relieve pressure due to intestinal blockages or during surgery.	Irrigation, Gastric,Lavage, Gastric,Gastric Irrigation,Gastric Irrigations,Gastric Lavages,Irrigations, Gastric,Lavages, Gastric
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man