Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to I F Stevenson.
Five patients developed severe pulmonary oedema in relationship to elective anaesthesia and surgery. The oedema was due to increased capillary permeability in four patients and probably due to increased capillary permeability in the other. No cause could be found in any patient.
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A case of fatal cardiotoxicity after a deliberate ingestion of 5000 mg thioridazine (Melleril) is reported. The serum thioridazine level is documented for the first time at the time of arrhythmia. Correct treatment of similar cases should often include insertion of a transvenous pacing wire, as the arrhythmias are generally resistant to drug therapy.