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Delayed profound respiratory depression after premedication with trimeprazine
Author(s) -
CHAMBERS F. A.,
O'LEARY E.,
GORMLEY P. K.,
FLYNN N. M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1992.tb02328.x
Subject(s) - medicine , premedication , depression (economics) , anesthesia , respiratory system , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
Summary 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.