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Haemangioma of Infancy: Two Case Reports with an Overdose of Propranolol

An 8-week-old infant was treated with oral propranolol for a haemangioma of infancy. The standard dose (according to protocol) is 2 mg/kg/day but, because of a mistake by the pharmacist, the child was treated with 8 mg/kg/day without any side effects (pulse, blood pressure and glucose stayed normal)...

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Autores principales: Janmohamed, S.R., Madern, G.C., de Laat, P.C.J., Oranje, A.P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21931573
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000324421
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author Janmohamed, S.R.
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description An 8-week-old infant was treated with oral propranolol for a haemangioma of infancy. The standard dose (according to protocol) is 2 mg/kg/day but, because of a mistake by the pharmacist, the child was treated with 8 mg/kg/day without any side effects (pulse, blood pressure and glucose stayed normal).
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spelling pubmed-31753582011-09-19 Haemangioma of Infancy: Two Case Reports with an Overdose of Propranolol Janmohamed, S.R. Madern, G.C. de Laat, P.C.J. Oranje, A.P. Case Rep Dermatol Published: February 2011 An 8-week-old infant was treated with oral propranolol for a haemangioma of infancy. The standard dose (according to protocol) is 2 mg/kg/day but, because of a mistake by the pharmacist, the child was treated with 8 mg/kg/day without any side effects (pulse, blood pressure and glucose stayed normal). S. Karger AG 2011-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3175358/ /pubmed/21931573 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000324421 Text en Copyright © 2011 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
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Haemangioma of Infancy: Two Case Reports with an Overdose of Propranolol
title Haemangioma of Infancy: Two Case Reports with an Overdose of Propranolol
title_full Haemangioma of Infancy: Two Case Reports with an Overdose of Propranolol
title_fullStr Haemangioma of Infancy: Two Case Reports with an Overdose of Propranolol
title_full_unstemmed Haemangioma of Infancy: Two Case Reports with an Overdose of Propranolol
title_short Haemangioma of Infancy: Two Case Reports with an Overdose of Propranolol
title_sort haemangioma of infancy: two case reports with an overdose of propranolol
topic Published: February 2011
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21931573
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000324421
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