Case Reports in Dermatology (Feb 2011)

Haemangioma of Infancy: Two Case Reports with an Overdose of Propranolol

  • S.R. Janmohamed,
  • G.C. Madern,
  • P.C.J. de Laat,
  • A.P. Oranje

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1159/000324421
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 18 – 21

Abstract

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An 8-week-old infant was treated with oral propranolol for a haemangioma of infancy. The standard dose (according to protocol) is 2 mg/kg/day but, because of a mistake by the pharmacist, the child was treated with 8 mg/kg/day without any side effects (pulse, blood pressure and glucose stayed normal).

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