ACUTE BARBITURATE INTOXICATION: A STUDY OF 300 CASES BASED ON A PHYSIOLOGIC SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION OF THE SEVERITY OF THE INTOXICATION
Authors: C E REED, M F DRIGGS, C C FOOTE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Article1 August 1952ACUTE BARBITURATE INTOXICATION: A STUDY OF 300 CASES BASED ON A PHYSIOLOGIC SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION OF THE SEVERITY OF THE INTOXICATIONCHARLES E. REED, M.D., MARSHALL F. DRIGGS, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES C. FOOTE, M.D.CHARLES E. REED, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MARSHALL F. DRIGGS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, CHARLES C. FOOTE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-2-290 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThe importance of the problem of acute barbiturate intoxication has been well recognized in recent years, but the clinical evaluation of therapy has been hampered by lack of a system of classification of the severity of the poisoning. The use of one plan of treatment or another has often been advocated on the basis of a small series of cases in which some patients might well have recovered under any plan of treatment.We shall make no attempt to review the voluminous literature on the subject but refers the interested reader to the excellent review of Koppanyi and Fazekas.1...Bibliography1. KoppanyiFazekas TJF: Acute barbiturate poisoning, analysis and evaluation of current therapy, Am. J. M. Sc. 220: 559 (Nov.) 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. RocheWynneHaskins MLCDM: Therapy of acute barbiturate poisoning: Report of 3 cases, Ann. Int. Med. 33: 73 (July) 1950. LinkGoogle Scholar3. GoodmanGilman LA: The pharmacological basis of therapeutics, 1941, The Macmillan Co., New York, N. Y. Google Scholar4. BurdickRovenstine DLEA: Picrotoxin in barbiturate poisoning, Ann. Int. Med. 22: 819 (June) 1945. LinkGoogle Scholar5. FreireichLandsberg AWJW: Amphetamine sulphate for acute barbiturate poisoning, J. A. M. 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