Serial plasma and urine measurements of a patient with acute intoxication of zolpidem and flunitrazepam resulting in QT prolongation and ventricular tachycardia

Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2020 Jun;58(6):501-503. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2019.1663206. Epub 2019 Sep 12.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, South Korea.
² Forensic Toxicology Division, Daejeon Institute, National Forensic Service, Daejeon, South Korea.
³ Department of Cardiology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, South Korea.

PMID: 31512527
DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2019.1663206

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Electrocardiography
Female
Flunitrazepam / administration & dosage
Flunitrazepam / poisoning*
Humans
Long QT Syndrome / blood*
Long QT Syndrome / chemically induced
Long QT Syndrome / therapy
Long QT Syndrome / urine*
Poisoning / blood
Poisoning / urine
Tachycardia, Ventricular / blood*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / chemically induced
Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy
Tachycardia, Ventricular / urine*
Zolpidem / administration & dosage
Zolpidem / blood
Zolpidem / poisoning*
Zolpidem / urine

Substances

Flunitrazepam
Zolpidem