Effect of intravenous fat emulsion therapy on glyphosate-surfactant-induced cardiovascular collapse

Am J Emerg Med. 2012 Nov;30(9):2097.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.06.042. Epub 2012 Mar 16.

Abstract

Intravenous fat emulsion (IFE) therapy is an adjunct therapy administered to hemodynamically compromised patients with glyphosate-surfactant intoxication when they respond poorly to conventional therapies such as fluid resuscitation or vasopressors [1,2]. However, the use of IFE as an adjunct therapy in collapsed patients with glyphosate intoxication has not been reported previously. Here, we describe the case of a patient with glyphosate-surfactant–induced cardiovascular collapse who responded to IFE.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Electrocardiography
  • Fat Emulsions, Intravenous / therapeutic use*
  • Glycine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Glycine / poisoning
  • Glyphosate
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prescription Drug Misuse
  • Shock / chemically induced
  • Shock / physiopathology
  • Shock / therapy*
  • Suicide, Attempted
  • Surface-Active Agents / poisoning*

Substances

  • Fat Emulsions, Intravenous
  • Surface-Active Agents
  • Glycine