Treatment of a potentially lethal dose isoniazid ingestion

Ann Emerg Med. 1988 Jan;17(1):73-6. doi: 10.1016/s0196-0644(88)80509-2.

Abstract

A seven-year-old boy ingested 3,000 mg (125 mg/kg) of isoniazid. Initial blood levels of isoniazid were 250 micrograms/mL approximately six hours after ingestion. Despite IV treatment in the emergency department with 3,000 mg pyridoxine and a repeat of the same antidote one hour later in the intensive care unit, the high isoniazid blood levels and persistent metabolic acidosis and coma prompted a decision to increase drug clearance by hemodialysis. Clearance data confirmed the effectiveness of hemodialysis in removing the poison, and the clinical response was dramatic.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acidosis / etiology
  • Acidosis / therapy
  • Blood Gas Analysis
  • Child
  • Coma / etiology
  • Coma / therapy
  • Emergencies*
  • Humans
  • Isoniazid / blood
  • Isoniazid / metabolism
  • Isoniazid / poisoning*
  • Male
  • Oliguria / etiology
  • Oliguria / therapy
  • Renal Dialysis*
  • Seizures / complications
  • Seizures / therapy

Substances

  • Isoniazid