Baclofen intoxication after accidental ingestion in a 3-year-old child

Baclofen is a skeletal muscle relaxant, used to control spasticity in both adults and children with neuromuscular disorders. Several cases of baclofen overdose have been reported, but only a small number have involved children. We report a 3-year-old girl with accidental ingestion of baclofen, who p...

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Autores principales: Dasarwar, Nagesh, Shanbag, Preeti, Kumbhare, Nilesh
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20336225
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.51349
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Shanbag, Preeti
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description Baclofen is a skeletal muscle relaxant, used to control spasticity in both adults and children with neuromuscular disorders. Several cases of baclofen overdose have been reported, but only a small number have involved children. We report a 3-year-old girl with accidental ingestion of baclofen, who presented with coma, bradycardia and hypotension. She recovered within 24 hours with supportive treatment. The case emphasizes the importance of warning parents about the potential toxicity of baclofen when the drug is prescribed to a family member.
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spelling pubmed-28412402010-03-24 Baclofen intoxication after accidental ingestion in a 3-year-old child Dasarwar, Nagesh Shanbag, Preeti Kumbhare, Nilesh Indian J Pharmacol Case Report Baclofen is a skeletal muscle relaxant, used to control spasticity in both adults and children with neuromuscular disorders. Several cases of baclofen overdose have been reported, but only a small number have involved children. We report a 3-year-old girl with accidental ingestion of baclofen, who presented with coma, bradycardia and hypotension. She recovered within 24 hours with supportive treatment. The case emphasizes the importance of warning parents about the potential toxicity of baclofen when the drug is prescribed to a family member. Medknow Publications 2009-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2841240/ /pubmed/20336225 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.51349 Text en © Indian Journal of Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Baclofen intoxication after accidental ingestion in a 3-year-old child
title Baclofen intoxication after accidental ingestion in a 3-year-old child
title_full Baclofen intoxication after accidental ingestion in a 3-year-old child
title_fullStr Baclofen intoxication after accidental ingestion in a 3-year-old child
title_full_unstemmed Baclofen intoxication after accidental ingestion in a 3-year-old child
title_short Baclofen intoxication after accidental ingestion in a 3-year-old child
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20336225
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.51349
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