Medicinal mishap: Dosing errors with Donnalix Infant Drops

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 83-

  Robinson, Jeff ^a   Cranswick, Noel ^b  

^a Victorian Poisons Information Centre   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DONNALIX; HYOSCYAMINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLIC; DROWSINESS; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE HYPOTONIA; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MYDRIASIS; TACHYCARDIA; VITAL SIGN; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 33744760513     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: 03128008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2006.051     Document Type: Article

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