A Resume of Intravenous Procaine Therapy

Procaine Amide Against Re-Entrant Ventricular Arrhythmias Lengthening RNV Intervals of Coupled Ventricular Premature Depolarizations

Nine patients with coupled ventricular premature depolarizations (VPDs) were treated with intravenous procaine amide to abolish the arrhythmia. The effect of procaine amide on the electrocardiogram was carefully observed. Seven patients were treated with intermittent intravenous therapy-10( mg of procaine amide was injected every five minutes-and two were treated by constant intravenous infusio...

Intravenous Procaine During Thoracic Surgery

Neutropenia Following Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy in Pediatric Patients with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Background: Children with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura who are treated with intravenous immunoglobulin therapy might experience a decline in their absolute neutrophil count. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of neutropenia following intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in children with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura undergoing intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. ...

No more intravenous procaine for pancreatitis pain?

Accessible online at: www.karger.com/dig Having been trained in the German-speaking world of pancreatology, I was taught that the pain of patients with pancreatitis is special – special in that it responds well to intravenous procaine, a drug then commonly used as either a local anaesthetic or a cure for ventricular arrhythmias. Special also in that drugs generally used for a pain in other dise...

The effects of intravenous procaine and procaine amide (pronestyl) upon ectopic ventricular tachycardia accompanying acute myocardial infarction.

In tests using dogs with ectopic ventricular tachycardia resulting from myocardial infarction, procaine has been found to be without practical value as an ectopic impulse suppressor agent. Procaine amide has proved to be very effective in reducing the ectopic rate of high frequency tachycardias to low levels, thus eliminating danger of death from the tachycardia. Procaine amide usually does not...