T'kind Thibaud, Vialatte Pierre Baptiste, Roger Claire, Saadi Laysa, Muller Laurent
Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes, Nîmes, FRA.
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes, Nîmes, FRA.
Cureus. 2024 Oct 2;16(10):e70708. doi: 10.7759/cureus.70708. eCollection 2024 Oct.
Synthetic cathinones, commonly known as "bath salts," have been increasingly implicated in severe health incidents. α-Pyrrolidinoisohexanophenone (α-PiHP) is one of the substances for which clinical data remain limited. In this article, we report a case of a 32-year-old male patient who ingested five grams of α-PiHP in a suicide attempt, resulting in hyperthermia and severe complications, including rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury. Despite the lack of confirmation for α-PiHP intoxication in toxicology screens, the patient's reported history was strongly suggestive. Considering a diagnostic uncertainty between serotonin syndrome and sympathomimetic toxidrome, and given the unavailability of cyproheptadine, dantrolene was administered to control the hyperthermia, resulting in a prompt and effective reduction in core body temperature. This case highlights the potential utility of dantrolene in treating hyperthermia induced by synthetic cathinones.
合成卡西酮,通常被称为“浴盐”,越来越多地与严重健康事件有关。α-吡咯烷基异己苯酮(α-PiHP)是一种临床数据仍然有限的物质。在本文中,我们报告了一例32岁男性患者,他在自杀企图中摄入了5克α-PiHP,导致体温过高和严重并发症,包括横纹肌溶解和急性肾损伤。尽管毒理学筛查未确认α-PiHP中毒,但患者报告的病史强烈提示中毒。考虑到血清素综合征和拟交感神经中毒综合征之间的诊断不确定性,且由于无法获得赛庚啶,给予丹曲林来控制体温过高,从而使核心体温迅速有效地降低。该病例突出了丹曲林在治疗合成卡西酮引起的体温过高方面的潜在效用。