Quinine poisoning.

Optical coherence tomography findings of quinine poisoning

PURPOSE To report a case of acute quinine poisoning, document acute and chronic macular changes with optical coherence tomography imaging and fluorescein angiography (FA), and to review the literature on ocular toxicity of quinine. METHODS A 32-year-old white female presented to our Emergency Department after ingesting over 7.5 g of quinine. She underwent a complete ophthalmologic examination...

[Effect of quinine poisoning on eye].

Fatal poisoning in children from aspirin, quinine, and anthisan.

The treatment of quinine poisoning with charcoal haemoperfusion.

Quinine poisoning is rare but serious. Attempts at treatment by active removal have proved unsuccessful because of its high degree of protein binding. We describe two cases of non-accidental overdose of quinine (19.5 g and 15 g) with potentially fatal serum quinine levels. Both patients were treated by 2 periods of charcoal haemoperfusion during which quinine clearances of up to 125 ml/min were...

A case of quinine self-poisoning in a boy.

An 11-year-old boy swallowed some of his father's quinine tablets. The use of an efficient toxicology screening service permitted an early diagnosis and appropriate management.