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- Title
Massive Ingestion of Clopidogrel in a Suicidal Attempt: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
- Authors
Yılmaz, Fevzi; Çiftci, Orçun; Kılıç, Muhammed Evvah Kara; Kavalcı, Cemil; Arslan, Engin Deniz
- Abstract
Clopidogrel is an antiplatelet agent mainly used in coronary artery disease. It has a rare toxicity due to low side effect profile. In this paper we present a 55-year-old male patient presenting to the emergency department due to a clopidogrel overdose of 4200mg in a suicidal attempt. He had no major or life-threatening hemorrhage, but hematuria that regressed spontaneously without a significant hemoglobin drop. He was monitored at the emergency department for 48 hours and discharged after an uneventful clinical course. There are limited reports about clopidogrel overdose in the literature. Although major systemic side effects such as major bleeding, purpura, heart failure, and other effects are known to occur with clopidogrel overdose, our patient did not experience such effects.
- Subjects
CORONARY heart disease treatment; ACADEMIC medical centers; DRUG overdose; EMERGENCY medicine; HEART failure; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMORRHAGE; EVALUATION of medical care; MYOGLOBIN; PURPURA (Pathology); SUICIDAL behavior; DISCHARGE planning; CLOPIDOGREL; PLATELET aggregation inhibitors
- Publication
Journal of Academic Emergency Medicine / Akademik Acil Tip Olgu Sunumlari Dergisi, 2013, Vol 12, Issue 3, p167
- ISSN
1305-760X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5152/jaem.2013.046