title: [Digoxin intoxication in an infant because of confusion of bottles of magistral preparations of medicine].
abstract: We hereby describe a case report of a 9-month-old girl, who was accidentally intoxicated with digoxin since her parents by mistake gave her digoxin instead of propranolol. At admission sinusbradycardia and a first-degree atrioventricular block was found and she was treated with antidigitalis Fab-fragment and atropine. After three days of hospitalization she was discharged well-being. We suspect that the explanation for this intoxication is due to confusion of bottles of magistral preparations of medicine, as they were very identical. Therefore we call for increased attention in children receiving this type of medicine.
authors.affiliation: Børne- og ungeafdelingen, Sydvestjysk Sygehus, Esbjerg, Finsensgade 35, 6700 Esbjerg. E-mail: louise_lindholdt@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Louise Lindholdt
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Anne Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Herskind
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004077:Digoxin / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D004077:Digoxin