Cardiovascular collapse and propranolol overdose
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 2 (12) , 629-630
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1983.tb122727.x
Abstract
We report three cases of propranolol overdose in two patients, both of whom suffered cardiovascular collapse after receiving an emetic compound in a hospital's casualty department. Such a collapse may be caused by vagal activity in the presence of sympathetic beta‐blockade. We recommend the administration of atropine, which may increase vagal tone, before a patient receives an emetic compound, or undergoes gastric lavage or endotracheal intubation.Keywords
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