A Case of Cardiac Arrest Induced by Intramuscular Injection Meperidine
Abstract：Pethidine is a common drug of relieveing the pain after the patient do operation,and the drug lead to cardiac arrest report is still very rare.We treat a case by working of the bilateral femoral artery incision to take the blood clot out,Intramuscular injection meperidine to relieve the pain,but the drug lead to patient breathing stop and cardiac arrest and we rescue the patient life successfully. the direct reason is that the old drug metabolism rate is slow and the drug sensitivity is increased.The key of treatment is timely,accurate and rational drug used to save patient life.
Keywords：Cardiac arrestAtrial fibrillationBlood concentration
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)