Delayed profound respiratory depression after premedication with trimeprazine
- 1 July 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Anaesthesia
- Vol. 47 (7), 585-586
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1992.tb02328.x
Abstract
Delayed, profound respiratory depression occurred in a 4-year-old boy, who had been premedicated with trimeprazine 4 h after tonsillectomy. This is a rare, but potentially fatal idiosyncratic reaction.Keywords
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