- 다이설피람-에탄올 반응에 의한 저체온증 1례
- A case of Hypothermia Resulting from Disulfiram-Ethanol Reaction
- ㆍ 저자명
- 배현아,어은경,Bae. Hyun-A,Eo. Eun-Kyung
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 대한임상독성학회지
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2004년|2권 1호|pp.54-57 (4 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 대한임상독성학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
Disulfiram (tetraethylthiuram disulphid) is used in the treatment of chronic alcoholism since it causes an unpleasant aversive reaction to alcohol. It works by inactivating hepatic aldehyde dehydrogenase, leading to pronounced rise in the acetaldehyde concentration when ethanol is metabolized. Acetaldehyde causes alcohol sensitivity, which involve vasodilation associated with feeling of hotness and facial flushing, increased heart rate and respiration rates, lowered blood pressure, nausea, headache. One of its metabolites, diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC) can inhibit the enzyme dopamine $eta$-hydroxylase (DBH), this may account for the profound refractory hypotension and hypothermia seen with the disulfiram-ethanol reaction (DER), resulting from norepinephrine depletion. This report is presents the case of a patient we met, who presented with hypothermia caused by the disulfiram-ethanol reaction, and along with a brief review of the subject.