Asim Kalkan

Asim Kalkan

Affiliations: Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

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Successful intravenous lipid emulsion therapy: Olanzapine intoxication

Abstract

Olanzapine is an antipsychotic drug used in psychiatric diseases. At high doses it exhibits cardiovascular and neurological sideeffects in particular. Lipid emulsion therapy for the removal of medication from plasma in high-dose lipophilic drug use has recently become very widespread. In the light of current literature, this report discusses the successful treatment of a patient within 4 hrs of olanzapine overdose as an attempted suicide, who presented with agitation and clouded consciousness

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Total Occlusion of the Left Descending and circumflex Coronary Artery without ST Elevation: the De Winter electrocardiographic pattern

de Winter syndrome, or anterior ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), constitutes 2% of acute myocardial infarctions. In contrast to classic ST segment elevation as seen with STEMI, it involves ST depression with precordial derivations and sharp waves. de Winter syndrome indicates critical narrowing of the left ascending coronary artery (LAD). Recognizing this presentation is important in terms of both mortality and morbidity. We present the case of a 71-year old patient presenting at the Emergency Department with chest pain, who had findings of de Winter syndrome on their ECG. Coronary angiography confirmed occlusions in the LAD and circumflex (CX) coronary arteries.

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