Apnea With Intramuscular Colistin Therapy
- 2 November 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 190 (5) , 421-424
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1964.03070180019004
Abstract
Apnea, attributed to sodium colistimethate therapy, occurred in a 50-year-old Negro male. Sufficient evidence now exists to confirm that colistimethate may be neurotoxic in humans. Awareness of potential colistimethate toxicity may dictate added caution in treating infections in patients with chronic debilitating diseases, chronic renal disease, hypoxic states, or those receiving muscle relaxants, adrenocorticosteroids, sedatives, narcotics, or anesthetic agents.Keywords
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