title: [Risks of diazepam in newborn infants].
abstract: In children there is a good effect of diazepam on convulsions after intravenous or rectal administration. This is not the case in neonates. We describe a newborn to whom diazepam was given because of a convulsion and who exhibited serious side effects: coma, hypotonia and feeding difficulties. We point out the risks of using diazepam in neonates.
authors.affiliation: Academisch Ziekenhuis, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Groningen.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: de Vries
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Miedema
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okken
mesh_terms: D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000150:complications*; D003975:Diazepam / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008508:Medication Errors; D012640:Seizures / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D003975:Diazepam
vernacular_title: Risico's van diazepam bij pasgeborenen.