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Reminder of important clinical lesson
CASE REPORT
Pentobarbital-induced lactic acidosis following status epilepticus barbiturate coma
  1. Todd Rabkin Golden,
  2. Veronika Solnicky,
  3. Rita Wadeea,
  4. Sehem Ghazala
  1. Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sehem Ghazala, sghazala{at}deptofmed.arizona.edu

Summary

We present a rare case of pentobarbital infusion causing propylene glycol-induced lactic acidosis, during refractory status epilepticus treatment in a 66-year-old man without seizure history.

  • drug interactions
  • neurology (drugs And medicines)
  • epilepsy and seizures
  • pharmacokinetics

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-223482

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors TRG helped in writing the discussion of this case report. VS: neurology resident was caring for the patient, helped in writing the neurological findings and medications administrations, RW: literature review and writing the abstract. SG: direct patient care and wrote the case presentation.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.