The treatment of a patient with intravenous lipid emulsion infusion after amitryptiline overdose which caused in QRS interval prolongation; a case report

• DOI: 10.5455/nys.20160328093429
• Publication Date: 2016-03-31T00:26:16Z
• Authors: Filiz Izci; Servet Izci; Emrah Acar; Vedat Izci
• Keywords: Prolongation; Drug overdose

Amitryiptiline which is a member of tricyclic antidepressant(TCA) drug group can cause electrocardiographic (ECG)changes like prolongation QRS and QTc interval, increment R/S ratio on derivation AVR besides arrythmias such as supraventricular tachycardia(SVT) ventricular tachycardia(VT) overdose. In this paper;we present case about the treatment interval caused by intentional use high dose amitryiptiline with intravenous lipid emulsion(ILE) infusion.