FATAL ACUTE CHLOROQUINE POISONING IN CHILDREN
- 1 January 1961
- journal article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics
- Vol. 27 (1) , 95-102
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.27.1.95
Abstract
Four cases of acute chloroquine poisoning in children are presented. In three instances death occurred within 2½ hours of ingestion of larger than therapeutic amounts of the drug. The rapid occurrence of death in acute chloroquine poisoning is probably explained by complete and rapid absorption of the drug from the gastrointestinal tract resulting in high blood concentrations which depress vasomotor function and respiration. Cardiac arrest follows and may be caused by the direct myocardial action of chloroquine, to anoxia, or to both. The similarity of the manifestations of acute chloroquine poisoning and those of acute quinine and quinidine poisoning suggests that acute toxicity may be attributed to the quinoline ring portion of these drugs.Keywords
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