Severe cardiac dysfunction induced by thiopental sodium

Pediatr Int. 2019 Dec;61(12):1270-1272. doi: 10.1111/ped.14031. Epub 2019 Dec 13.

Authors

Kaname Uchida¹, Hiroyuki Shimizu¹, Hiroyuki Nagafuchi¹, Ayako Yamamoto², Shin Ono³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Kanagawa, Japan.
² Department of Neurology, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Kanagawa, Japan.
³ Department of Cardiology, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Kanagawa, Japan.

PMID: 31833619
DOI: 10.1111/ped.14031

No abstract available

Keywords: barbiturate coma therapy; cardiac dysfunction; continuous infusion of thiopental; encephalopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anticonvulsants / administration & dosage
Anticonvulsants / adverse effects*
Brain Diseases / drug therapy
Child, Preschool
Electroencephalography
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / methods
Heart Diseases / chemically induced*
Heart Diseases / therapy
Humans
Male
Seizures / drug therapy
Thiopental / administration & dosage
Thiopental / adverse effects*
Thiopental / blood
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anticonvulsants
Thiopental