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  • Title: Successful out-of-hospital defibrillation for ventricular fibrillation complicating solvent abuse.
    Author: Nee PA, Llewellyn T, Pritty PE.
    Journal: Arch Emerg Med; 1990 Sep; 7(3):220-3. PubMed ID: 2152466.
    Abstract:
    The Authors describe the case history of a child who suffered a cardiac arrest with ventricular fibrillation after deliberate inhalation of 1,1,1-Trichloroethane in typewriter correction fluid thinners. Successful out-of-hospital defibrillation was carried out and the patient made a full recovery. The literature relating to this particular form of volatile substance abuse is reviewed.
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