Cardiac Arrest Following Inadvertent Intravenous Administration of an Oral Antiacid: Hydrotalcite
Süleyman Ersoy
Department of Emergency, Ahi Evran Üniversity Training and Research Hospital, KırÅŸehir, Turkey.
Fevzi Yilmaz *
Department of Emergency, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Bedriye Müge Sönmez
Department of Emergency, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Murat Ongar
Department of Emergency, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Miray Özlem
Department of Emergency, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Ebru Can
Ahi Evran Üniversity Training and Research Hospital, Internal Medicine, Kırşehir, Turkey
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Emergency department overcrowding combined with shortage of experienced and knowledgeable healthcare staff may lead to fatal, albeit rare, malpractice cases in developing countries. We report herein a patient with cardiac arrest as a result of inadvertent intravenous injection of hydrotalcite, an orally administered anti-acid medication. Our literature search revealed no previous cases of cardiac arrest as a result of intravenous (IV) administration of hydrotalcite.
Keywords: Cardiac arrest, medical error, hydrotalcite syrup.