The American journal of emergency medicine
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Intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE) is a potential antidote for severe overdose of certain lipophilic drugs. Cocaine overdose is often fatal and has no antidote. The use of ILE after cocaine-induced cardiac arrest has been suggested but is not well characterized. ⋯ Intravenous lipid emulsion administration did not affect outcome of cocaine-induced cardiac arrest compared with control in this model.