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. 2010 Jul;54(4):335-7.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5049.68383.

Antitubercular drug poisoning in a pregnant woman

Rahul Dutta  1 , Surya Kumar Dube, Dinesh Kumar Singh
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Antitubercular drug poisoning in a pregnant woman

Rahul Dutta et al. Indian J Anaesth. 2010 Jul.

Abstract

A 20-year-old female in her third month of pregnancy, presented with generalised tonic clonic seizures, metabolic acidosis and coma following suicidal ingestion of antitubercular medication. We successfully managed the case with pyridoxine, sodium bicarbonate and mechanical ventilation.

Keywords: Acute-intoxication; antitubercular; pregnancy; pyridoxine.

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