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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 9/2009

Open Access 01-09-2009 | Correspondence

Rifampicin treatment of persistently elevated benzodiazepine metabolites in a comatose patient

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 9/2009

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After taking 35 tablets of flurazepam 15 mg, 50 tablets of diazepam 5 mg, a 38-year old female (105 kg, BMI 36) was hit by a vehicle at 80 km/h. Initially she had a coma that measured a 1-4-2 on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), an impression fracture of the frontal bone with free air in cerebro, a right-sided frontal contusion and a mild traumatic subarachnoidal bleed. Several ribs on her right were broken without any injury to the organs. After a decompressive craniotomy, she was admitted to the ICU. …
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Title
Rifampicin treatment of persistently elevated benzodiazepine metabolites in a comatose patient
Publication date
01-09-2009
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 9/2009
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-009-1529-x

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