Overdose of Dologesic with a Fatal Outcome: A Case Report

2001 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 207-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
CY Man
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Drug Overdose ◽  
Fatal Outcome ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Accident And Emergency ◽  
Accident And Emergency Department

Dologesic is a commonly prescribed analgesic in accident and emergency department. Yet report of overdose with this drug is not common. We report a case in which the patient developed cardiac arrest within an hour of ingestion. Dextropropoxyphene, a component of the drug Dologesic, used to be a common cause of fatalities after drug overdose in the seventies. It is highly toxic in overdose and therefore caution should be exercised when prescribing this drug.

Survival from Cardiac Arrest in the Accident and Emergency Department

1987 ◽  
Vol 80 (12) ◽  
pp. 746-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
A R Cope ◽  
D N Quinton ◽  
A F Dove ◽  
J P Sloan ◽  
S H Dave
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Ventricular Fibrillation ◽  
Poor Prognosis ◽  
Accident And Emergency ◽  
Accident And Emergency Department ◽  
In Transit

One hundred consecutive patients who were treated in an Accident and Emergency Department for ‘cardiac arrest’ were studied prospectively. Of these 30% had arrested within the community, 21% in transit and 49% in hospital. The immediate outcome was that 40 left the A&E Department alive; of these, 13 left hospital alive. The ‘survivors’ included 3 cases of documented asystole. Patients who were over the age of 65, who arrested out of hospital and at night, were found to have a poor prognosis. The time between arrest and arrival of the ambulance was found to affect outcome. Patients with ventricular fibrillation had the best prognosis and those with electromechanical dissociation the worst.

Minor injuries

2010 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Accident And Emergency ◽  
Accident And Emergency Department ◽  
Minor Injuries ◽  
The Uk

Minor injuries: overview 976First aid for burns 978Poisoning management 980Within the UK, every year approximately 2.3 million children attend the accident and emergency department as a result of sustaining an injury, the majority of which are minor. However, it should be remembered that ‘accidents’ are the most common cause of death in children under 15 years of age....

Retropharyngeal abscess as a complication of oropharyngeal trauma in an 18-month-old child

2000 ◽  
Vol 114 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siou ◽  
Yates
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Retropharyngeal Abscess ◽  
Accident And Emergency ◽  
Surgical Emphysema ◽  
Accident And Emergency Department ◽  
Significant Injury

An 18-month-old boy presented to the accident and emergency department following trauma to the oropharynx by a doll’s umbrella. Although no significant injury could be identified at first, it later transpired that he had developed retropharyngeal surgical emphysema with abscess. This case report aims to review the nature of retropharyngeal abscesses and to highlight and re-emphasize the fact that apparently non-serious pharyngeal injuries in children should be treated with suspicion.

Use of an accident and emergency department observation ward in the management of head injury

1993 ◽  
Vol 80 (8) ◽  
pp. 1079-1079 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. F. T. Brown ◽  
G. J. Wilkes ◽  
C. T. Myers ◽  
R. E. Maclaren
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Head Injury ◽  
Accident And Emergency ◽  
Accident And Emergency Department

Hand Infections: An Audit of 160 Infections Treated in an Accident and Emergency Department

1993 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. STEVENSON ◽  
I. W. R. ANDERSON
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Complete Resolution ◽  
Wound Care ◽  
Duration Of Treatment ◽  
Mean Delay ◽  
Accident And Emergency ◽  
Accident And Emergency Department ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Careful Assessment

160 consecutive hand infections presented to an Accident and Emergency department over a four-month period. All but one were treated solely on an out-patient basis. The mean delay to presentation was three days, the mean duration of treatment was six days. Follow-up to complete resolution was achieved in 89% of cases. No patients were treated with parenteral antibiotics. The need for careful assessment, early aggressive surgery, and meticulous attention to the principles of wound care by experienced clinicians is emphasized.

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