IMMEDIATE FATALITIES AFTER INTRAVENOUS MERCURIAL DIURETICS
Authors: R E KAUFMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1948)

Case Reports1 May 1948IMMEDIATE FATALITIES AFTER INTRAVENOUS MERCURIAL DIURETICSROBERT E. KAUFMAN, M.D.ROBERT E. KAUFMAN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-28-5-1040 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSudden deaths shortly after the intravenous injection of various mercurial diuretics, although rare, have been reported with increasing frequency in recent years. Reported instances1-15of fatalities within a few minutes after the injection, and apparently caused by it, now total 31 (table 1). Another case is added below. Deaths occurring many hours or days after the injection, even though there appears to be a definite relationship, are not included, since the mechanism is entirely different. In addition to the fatalities, there have been many, very severe reactions recorded,5, 12, 16and undoubtedly many more that were never reported. 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