Key result
Treatment with sodium bicarbonate was used to manage a toddler presenting with convulsions, wide QRS tachycardia, and a Brugada electrocardiographic pattern due to an accidental imipramine overdose.
Population
A toddler in Korea presenting with an accidental overdose of imipramine
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May support sodium bicarbonate in pediatric imipramine overdose with Brugada pattern; leaves open generalizability beyond this case.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights the potential for imipramine overdose to cause life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias, including a Brugada electrocardiographic pattern, in pediatric patients, which can be managed with sodium bicarbonate.
Choi et al. (2008) conducted a case report in Imipramine-induced toxicity with Brugada electrocardiographic pattern (n=1). Sodium bicarbonate was evaluated on Clinical outcome of treatment. Treatment with sodium bicarbonate was used to manage a toddler presenting with convulsions, wide QRS tachycardia, and a Brugada electrocardiographic pattern due to an accidental imipramine overdose.
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