Inadvertent intravenous polyethylene glycol 4000 infusion in a child.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Nijkamp, Anke; van der Palen, Roel L.F.; Draaisma, Jos M.T.; Jacobs, Birgit S.; Burger, David M.
- Source
- Clinical Toxicology (15563650). Nov2012, Vol. 50 Issue 9, p866-866. 1p.
- Subject
- *CASE studies
*PARALYSIS
*ASPIRATION pneumonia
*AMOXICILLIN
*CLAVULANIC acid
*POLYETHYLENE glycol
*FOLLOW-up studies (Medicine)
*THERAPEUTICS
- Language
- ISSN
- 1556-3650
The article presents a case study of a 5-year-old girl with Worster-Drought syndrome and was admitted to hospital because of aspiration pneumonia, for which she received amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and oxygen. Inadvertently she was infused with intravenous polyethylene glycol (PEG) 4000. She showed no hemodynamic, neurological or metabolic sequelae during routine follow-ups. It discusses information on PEG 4000 and factors attributing to side-effects of parenteral infusion of PEG.