Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Therapy in a Case of Multiple Drug Intoxication: Case Report

Özet

Intake of cardiovascular drugs is frequently observed among the patients brought to emergency departments with an intoxication clinic. In those patients who are treated for intoxication, actual therapy is mainly supportive in most of the cases if there isn’t any special antidote for the agent. This case report is about a patient who intended to commit suicide with oral intake of metoprolol, perindopril, atorvastati and isosorbide monohydrate. Upon worsening of her general condition in spite of supportive therapy, she was given intravenous lipid therapy. In this manuscript, application of intravenous lipid therapy is presented in a patient who intended to commit suicide, She was unresponsive to supportive therapy after ingestion of multiple cardiovascular drugs including metoprolol, perindopril, isosorbide monohydrate and atorvastatin.