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Clinical Pathological Case Presentation NACCT 2003

Clinical Pathological Case Presentation NACCT 2003. Jerry D. Thomas, MD Georgia Poison Center Emory University School of Medicine. What We Know. CC: Dyspnea HPI: History of IVDA Progressive dyspnea for 2 days No fevers, chills, cough or chest pain

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Clinical Pathological Case Presentation NACCT 2003

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  1. Clinical Pathological Case PresentationNACCT 2003 Jerry D. Thomas, MD Georgia Poison Center Emory University School of Medicine

  2. What We Know • CC: Dyspnea • HPI: • History of IVDA • Progressive dyspnea for 2 days • No fevers, chills, cough or chest pain • Treated for PCP with TMP/SMX and transferred • Denies recent cocaine, heroin, or methamphetamine • Took 2 carisoprodol tablets in last 24 hours • Took “the shit that killed [rock star]”

  3. What We Know • PMH • Previously healthy • Rehab admissions • HIV negative one year ago • Known 2 carisoprodol, TMP/SMX

  4. What We Know • Social History • Unemployed and lives with girlfriend • Smokes 1 ppd cigarettes and marijuana • IVDA cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine • Medications and Allergies • None

  5. What We Know • Physical Exam • Afebrile • Tachycardic and tachypneic • Hypoxic • O2 saturation 82% on RA and 91% on 100% NRB • Abnormals • RR-30

  6. What We Know • CV – Tachycardic but no rubs or murmurs (gallop?) • Neck - ? JVD • Lungs – Diffuse rales bilaterally • Extremities – Track marks in the left antecubital fossa and tattoos on chest and arms

  7. What We Know • Labs • WBC: 15.9 k/mm3 • HCT: 45.0 % • Platelets: 240k/mm3 • Differential • 59.9% Neutrophils • 26.3% Lymphocytes • 6.2% Monocytes

  8. What We Know • Labs • NA 138 meq/L • K 4.6 meq/L • CL 105 meq/L • HCO3 23 meq/L • BUN 12 mg/dL • Cr 0.7 mg/dL • Glu 141 mg/dL • Ca 8.6 mg/dL

  9. What We Know • Labs • ABG on Room Air • pH 7.4 • pCO2 34 mmHg • pO2 46 mmHg • HCO3 23 meq/L • ECG • Sinus tach, QRS 88 ms, QTC 390 ms, no ectopy or ischemia

  10. What We Know • Urine Drug Screen • Amphetamines – Negative • Cocaine – Negative • THC – Positive • Benzodiazepine – Negative • Barbiturates – Negative • TCAs – Negative • ASA/APAP/ EtOH • Nondetectable

  11. What We Would Like To Know! • Better physical exam • Clinical course prior to presentation • Cardiac echo • CVP • When did he last use his usual drugs? • What type of DOA screen • Which freaking rock star!!!

  12. Clinical Picture Due to: • Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema • Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema/Myocardial Infarction/Cardiomyopathy/Endocarditis/Valve or leaflet rupture • Aspiration Pneumonitis • Toxic Inhalants • Myocardial Depressant Effects of Toxin • Talc Emboli

  13. Developing a Differential • Pulmonary Edema • Cardiogenic • Noncardiogenic • Drugs of Abuse • Rock Stars

  14. Systems Analysis Rock Star Deaths Pulmonary Edema Drug Abuse

  15. Cardiogenic versus Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) • Cephalization of Pulmonary Vessels • Cardiomegaly • Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure > 20 mm Hg • NCPE sometimes classified with ARDS

  16. Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema Acute Poisoning • Adrenergic Agonists -Myocardial Infarction • Ergotamines • Cocaine • Amphetamines • Ephedrine After Mark Kirk CPC NACCT 2000

  17. Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema Acute Poisoning • Carbon Monoxide • Arsenic • Antineoplastic Agents • Interferon • Cyclophosphamide • Anthracycline

  18. Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema Chronic Exposure • Ipecac • Ethanol • Thiamine/Carnitine/Selenium Deficiency • Hypophosphotemia • Cobalt • Doxorubicin

  19. Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema Acute Poisoning • Calcium Channel Antagonists • Beta-Adrenergic Antagonists • Sodium Channel Blockers • Type IA antidysrhthmics • Amantadine/Antihistamines • TCA/Quinine/Chloroquine • Cocaine/Propoxyphene

  20. Pulmonary Edema Medicinal: aldesleukin, amantadine, amiloride, amiodarone, ammonium chloride, bleomycin, boric acid, buflomedil, carteolol, chlorhexidine gluconate, chloroxylenol, cocaine, codeine, colchicine, cytarabine, desipramine, dibenzepin, dipyridimole, doxepin, esmolol, ethchlorvynol, glutethimide, haloperidol, heroin, imipramine, iodine, iron, ketorolac, lindane, methadone, methamphetamine, methyprylon, minoxidil, morphine, nalbuphine, naproxen, nifedipine, nimodipine, nitrofurantoin, nortriptyline, opium, oxycodone, paclitaxel, paraldehyde, pentazocine, phenobarbital, phenol, phenolphthalein, phenylbutazone, pilocarpine, povidone-iodine, propofol, propoxyphene, propranolol, protamine, rifampin, ritodrine, sodium chloride, sotalol, tenecteplase, terbutaline, tocainide, verapamil, vinorelbine, zinc sulfate Nonmedicinal: 1,2-dibrom-3-chloropropane, dibromoethane, acetaldehyde, acrolein, aldicarb, aluminum phosphide, ammonia, benzene, blasticidin s, bromophos, carbaryl, chenopodium oils, chlorfenvinphos, chlorine, chloracetophenone, chlorobenzylidene malonitrile, chlorform, chloropicrin, chlorpyrifos, copper, coumaphos, cresols, cyanide, demeton-s-methyl, diazinon, diborane, dichlorvos, dicrotophos, diethylene glycol, dimethylnitrosamine, dioxathion, disulfoton, endosulfan, ethion, ethylene dichloride, ethylene glycol, ethylene oxide, fensulfothion, fenthion, freon, gasoline, hydrazine, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen sulfide, jet fuel-5/jet fuel-8, malathion, mercury, methidathion, methiocarb, methomyl, methyl bromide, methyl parathion, nickel, nickel carbonyl, nitrogen dioxide, osmium, parathion, phosdrin, phosgene, phosphine, profenofos, propoxur, pyrethrins, selenium, sodium azide, sulfur dioxide, sulfuryl fluoride, terbufos, tetraethyl pyrophosphate, thallium sulfate, titanium, toluene, trichloroethane, trichloroethylene, trimellitic anhydride, turpentine oil, uranium, vanadium, zinc phosphide Biologicals: Arizona bark scorpion, autumn crocus, betel nut, box jellyfish, clove, eucalyptus oil, funnel web spider, germanium

  21. What Causes Pulmonary Edema? What doesn’t cause pulmonary edema?

  22. Etiologies of NCPE • Direct Injury • Aspiration • Inhalational injuries • Near drowning • Pulmonary contusion • Diffuse Pulmonary infection Perina DG. Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema. Emerg Med Clinics of NA 2003;21:385-393.

  23. Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema • Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome • Opioids/Naloxone • Salicylates • Irritant Gases • Amphetamines/ Cocaine • Thiazide Diuretics • Amiodarone/ Amphotericin/ Vinca Alkaloids/ Colchicine/ Ethchlorvynol

  24. Indirect Injury • Systemic Sepsis and septic shock • Blood products transfusion reaction • High altitude effects • Drug overdose • Neurogenic insults • Pancreatitis • Cardiopulmonary bypass • Severe non-thoracic trauma • Fat emboli • Air emboli

  25. Indirect Injuries • Uremia • Coagulopathies • DIC

  26. Common drugs • Drug OD • Heroin • Methadone • Aspirin • Propoxyphene • Ethchlorvynol Reed CR, et al. Drug-Induced Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema. Chest 1991;100:1120-1124.

  27. NCPE • Inhaled toxins • Smoke • Ammonia • Chlorine • Nitrous oxide • Phosgene • Methylene chloride

  28. Rock Star Deaths • Where did I keep those notes from Erickson’s lecture? • Heroin • Tommy Bolin, Sid Vicious, Janis Joplin, Billie Holliday, Dee Dee Ramone, Lance Krantz, Jan McAdam, Paula Yates, Eddy Shaver, Will Clay, Stacy Guess, Brad Nowell, Frankie Lymon, Neil Storey, Gregory Herbert, Judee Sill, Rick Evers, Roy Montrell, Danny Whitten, Dave Waller • Cocaine • Shannon Hoon, Wells Kelly, DJ Screw, Bobby Sheehan, Tommy Bolin, David Ruffin • Barbiturates • Jimi Hendrix, Judy Garland, Brian Epstein • Amphetamines • Hank Williams • Other • Zac Foley, Rob Pilatus, Elvis Presley, Keith Moon

  29. I need an Atypical Rock Star Death • Everything this guy usually takes could cause this! • UDS negative for opiates, cocaine and amphetamines • ? False negatives • Synthetic opiate • Keith Moon • Heminevrine- Chlormethiazole being used for EtOH addiction.

  30. Screw It • Differential too large • I’ve got better things to do • I’m not feeling the love • I need a new system approach

  31. EKR Systems Approach to CPCs Apologies to Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

  32. Denial • I am good enough and smart enough and doggone it, people like me. • I have plenty of time to figure out the CPC!

  33. Anger • How the hell do they expect me to figure out this CPC! • Everything has a case report associating it with pulmonary edema! • Where are my fellows when I need them!

  34. Bargaining • Who can I bribe to figure out this CPC? • How can I cheat if at all possible?

  35. Depression • My differential just keeps getting larger. • Maybe there will be another blackout. • What do 4 out of 5 toxicologists recommend for an overdose?

  36. Acceptance • OK, the differential is enormous and there is little to narrow down the field so what answer is the most satisfying intellectually for an NACCT CPC?

  37. What Would Elvis Do? What didn’t Elvis do?

  38. The Shit That Killed Elvis • Elvis died in the bathroom. • Slang term for high grade marijuana • Percodan • Demerol • Amphetamines • Myriad sedative hypnotics • Methaqualone • Barbiturates • Ethchlorvynol

  39. Marijuana • UDS positive for THC • Doesn’t usually cause pulmonary edema • Possible contaminant • PCP • Ketamine • Paraquat

  40. Methaqualone • Used by Elvis • Reports of Pulmonary Edema • Schedule I since 1984 and reports are infrequent • Kids are making everything these days

  41. Ethchlorvynol • Placidyl – sedative,hypnotic • Used by Elvis • Causes NCPE when injected not usually when taken orally • After IV injection causes a minty taste in the mouth then dyspnea • Abbott discontinued production in 1999. • Is it available?

  42. Ethchlorvynol • The following ethchlorvynol cases have been reported to AAPCC TESS since 1/1/2000: • 50 human cases as substance 1, no deaths • 90 human cases total as one of the involved substances, no deaths

  43. Does it Fit? • Miller, KS, et al. Bilateral exudative pleural effusions following intravenous ethchlorvynol administration. Chest 1989;95:464-465. • Conces, DJ, et al. Pulmonary edema induced by intravenous ethchlorvynol. Am J Emerg Med 1986;4:549-551. • Glauser FL, et al. Ethchlorvynol (Placidyl) – induced pulmonary edema. Ann Intern Med 1976;84:46-68. • Burton WN, et al. Adult respiratory distress syndrome after Placidyl abuse. Crit Care Med 1980;8:48-49. • Swearingen PV. Placidyl and pulmonary edema. Ann Int Med 1976;84:614-615. • Yell RP. Ethchlorvynol overdose. Am Journ of Emerg Med 1990;8:246-250.

  44. Treatment • Supportive Care • PEEP • Usually resolves within 72 hours • Animal studies did show possible benefit in pretreatment with cyclooxygense inhibitors • Nesiritide • Bobadilla RV, et al. Nesiritide treatment of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema. Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2003;37(4):530-533.

  45. Other guesses • Talc emboli • Marijuana contaminant • Just about anything

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