Hypoglycemia in a Child with Tramadol Poisoning

Tramadol is a central acting analgesic of the opioid group used for moderate to severe pain. Tramadol overdose can be accidental or intentional and is more common in adolescent and adult males. We report the case of a 4-year-old boy presenting with hypoglycemia following tramadol poisoning with loss...

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Autores principales: Aliyu, Ibrahim, Kyari, Fatime, Ibrahim, Zainab
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6298260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30787694
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-631X.170892
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description Tramadol is a central acting analgesic of the opioid group used for moderate to severe pain. Tramadol overdose can be accidental or intentional and is more common in adolescent and adult males. We report the case of a 4-year-old boy presenting with hypoglycemia following tramadol poisoning with loss of consciousness and convulsion; he was managed conservatively and made remarkable improvement without any sequelae.
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spelling pubmed-62982602019-02-20 Hypoglycemia in a Child with Tramadol Poisoning Aliyu, Ibrahim Kyari, Fatime Ibrahim, Zainab Saudi J Med Med Sci Case Report Tramadol is a central acting analgesic of the opioid group used for moderate to severe pain. Tramadol overdose can be accidental or intentional and is more common in adolescent and adult males. We report the case of a 4-year-old boy presenting with hypoglycemia following tramadol poisoning with loss of consciousness and convulsion; he was managed conservatively and made remarkable improvement without any sequelae. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 2015-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6298260/ /pubmed/30787694 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-631X.170892 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Hypoglycemia in a Child with Tramadol Poisoning
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6298260/
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