domperidol <- Not suitable for this list

[Moore, Rick]

So discussing the undesirable effects of a drug use in nauseated trauma
patients is not appropriate for the trauma list. Things that make you go
hmmmmmmmmmm.
REM 

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[mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of Karim Brohi
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:29 AM
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Subject: Re: domperidol <- Not suitable for this list

Dear all,

Once again I appreciate the desire to share personal experiences and
other snippets, and value the development of a community spirit within
the list membership.  But *please* stick to trauma care.  This is what
people sign up for and we know are interested in.  The same cannot be
said for other information.

many thanks

Karim


On 5/20/08, ramalinga reddy <drarumalla at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Dear friends
>      Though unrelated Drug DOMPERIDOL is frequently prescribed to 
> control vomiting
>   in trauma cases
>    I came across 2 cases of unusual response to the drug
>    1. A 50 year old lady was admitted for fever and vomitings
>       She was becoming comatosed- recovering after 6-7 hrs again going

> into coma.
>       There were no orher neurological signs.
>      A review of the drugs being administered revealed that she was 
> getting tab.DOMPERIDOL and her going into coma was coinsiding with the

> giving of the tablet.
>     The suspected tab .was stopped and she did not go into coma again.
>    2 The second case was that of a 80 year lady who came to us in coma

> and shock.
>       History as detailed by the relative was that she was given half 
> a tablet of domperidol
>     by a doctor who saw her for a complaint of vomiting.
>      15 mts.after coming to the hospital she had a cardiac arrest but 
> revived and lived for
>      another year .
>
>       The advise is --avoid domperidol in elderly patients.
>
>     Dr A.R.Reddy  M.B;D.A;
>     Director Dept. of Anaesthesia and intensive care.
>    SKS neuro hospital  KACHIGUDA HYDERABAD 500027 INDIA.
>
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