Journal of Clinical Toxicology
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Department of Toxicology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA

Publications

• Case Report   
  Cardiac Arrest in Patient with Phencyclidine (PCP) Intoxication
  Author(s): Sonia Fnu, Mukesh Kumar*, Hamza Ahsan and Abbasi Abdul Rahman Ahemd
  
  Introduction: Phencyclidine (PCP) is a least addictive drug due to its lack of CNS suppression like other drugs such as opioids, benzodiazepine and alcohol. Mortality from PCP is also not very common as it does not cause any direct toxic effects. However PCP intoxication is lethal through its secondary effects such, rhabdomyolysis, Acute renal failure, hyperkalemia and seizures. Case presentation: Toxicity from PCP is dose dependent with various levels of CNS excitement based on the dose. We describe a case of a patient who presented to the emergency department with cardiac arrest. Patient had prolonged cardiac arrest on initial evaluation; the patient had potassium of 11.9 with acute renal failure and rhabdomyolysis. Patient admitted to ICU after initial resuscitation. Patient had a complicated ICU course with compartment.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-0495.20.10.458

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