Severe and prolonged sedation in five neonates due to persistence of active diazepam metabolites

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 378-381

  Peinemann, Frank ^a,b   Daldrup, Thomas ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diazepam; Metabolites; Neonates; Sedation

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; NORDAZEPAM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DROWSINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; DIAZEPAM; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER;

EID: 0035031350     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310100745     Document Type: Article

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