Pilsicainide intoxication mimicking hyperkalemia effectively managed by prompt diagnosis and emergency haemodialysis

BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Oct 13;15(10):e252108. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-252108.

Authors

Yoshitsugu Hirano¹, Hirohisa Fujikawa^{2

3}, Shunichi Shibazaki¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency and General Internal Medicine, Hitachinaka General Hospital, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan.
² Department of Emergency and General Internal Medicine, Hitachinaka General Hospital, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan hirohisa.fujikawa@gmail.com.
³ Department of Medical Education Studies, International Research Center for Medical Education, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiovascular system; Drugs misuse (including addiction); Endocrinology; Poisoning; Toxicology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / therapeutic use
Humans
Hyperkalemia* / diagnosis
Lidocaine / analogs & derivatives
Poisoning*
Renal Dialysis

Substances

Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
Lidocaine
pilsicainide