Coma in neonates following nasal decongestant drops?;Koma bei neugeborenen durch abschwellende nasentropfen?

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 103, Issue 50, 2006, Pages

  Meyburg, Jochen ^a   Kölker, Stefan ^a   Hoffmann, Georg F ^a   Zilow, Eugen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse drug effect; Case report; Nose drops; Oxymetazoline; Perinatal medicine; Xylometazoline

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; NOSE DROPS; OXYMETAZOLINE; XYLOMETAZOLINE;

APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMATOSE PATIENT; HUMAN; NEWBORN; OXYGEN THERAPY;

EID: 33846575313     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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