Unintentional intravenous infusion of golytely in a 4-year-old girl

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 1183-1185

  Rivera, Wilfredo ^a,b   Velez, Larissa I ^a   Guzman, Daniel D ^c   Shepherd, Greene ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b North Texas Poison Center   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Golytely; Polyethylene glycol; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GOLYTELY; IPECAC; MERCAPTOPURINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEGRADATION; DRUG INFUSION; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; VOMITING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MEDICATION ERRORS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 3042597190     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1E046     Document Type: Article

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