Propofol overdose in a preterm baby: May propofol infusion syndrome arise in two hours?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 973-974

  Sammartino, Maria ^a   Garra, Rossella ^a   Sbaraglia, Fabio ^b   Papacci, Patrizia ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Piazza San Bartolomeo All'Isola 21   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ATROPINE; DOPAMINE; GLUCOSE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER;

CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPOFOL INFUSION SYNDROME; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA;

ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OVERDOSE; PIPERIDINES; PROPOFOL;

EID: 77956940764     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2010.03395.x     Document Type: Letter

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