Accidental colchicine overdose. A case report and literature review

MJ Maxwell, P Muthu, PE Pritty - Emergency Medicine Journal, 2002 - emj.bmj.com
Colchicine overdose is uncommon but potentially life threatening. It is a safe drug when
used according to established therapeutic guidelines but causes serious systemic effects if …

Femoral nerve block in the initial management of femoral shaft fractures.

R McGlone, K Sadhra, DW Hamer… - Emergency Medicine …, 1987 - emj.bmj.com
The aim of this study was to demonstrate that the under-used technique of femoral nerve
block (FNB)(Berry, 1977) has excellent analgesic action for femoral shaft fractures when …

Successful out-of-hospital defibrillation for ventricular fibrillation complicating solvent abuse.

PA Nee, T Llewellyn, PE Pritty - Emergency Medicine Journal, 1990 - emj.bmj.com
The Authors describe the case history of a child who suffered a cardiac arrest with
ventricular fibrillation after deliberate inhalation of 1, 1, 1-Trichloroethane in typewriter …

Conversion disorder presenting as a head injury.

FE Poyner, PE Pritty - Journal of accident & emergency medicine, 1997 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Conversion disorder presenting as a head injury Page 1 Case reports 263 to differentiate from
acute myocardial ischaemia) and non-specific T wave changes.6 Low ECG voltages suggest a …