4th Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference

 
 
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POISIONING CENTER
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FIND DIAGNOSIS
FIND DIAGNOSIS
FIND DIAGNOSIS
POISIONING CENTER
 
Digitalis purpurea (fox glove)
 


Route : Roots, leaves and seeds have the active principle- glycosides They are cumulative poisons

Fatal Period : 1- 24 hours

Mechanism of action : Act directly on the heart and improve the functioning of a failing heart, when taken in therapeutic doses. Death occurs due to cardiovascular collapse

Clinical picture : •Anorexia, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea
•Decreased heart rate, may be heart blocks, extra systoles and ventricular fibrillations
•ECG- flat or inverted T wave, depression of ST segment, prolonged PR interval and shortened QT interval
•Slow and sighing respiration
•Pupils dilated
•Visual disturbances
•Itching on skin
•May be delirium, hallucinations, convulsions and cardiac standstill



Treatment : •Stomach wash with tannic acid solution
•Bowels should be evacuated
•Activated charcoal in repeated doses
•Atropine 0.6mg i.v. for bradycardia
•Procainamide, quinidine or lignocaine for fibrillation
•Trisodium EDTA to lower serum calcium
•Potassium chloride
•i.v. glucose


 
 
 
 
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Should teicoplannin, colistin be used in case of neonatal sepsis where culture does not reveal any organism_?
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