The importance of the toxicological analysis in newborns: clearing the case of a tetralogy of Fallot with a paradoxical reaction to 1-hydroxymidazolam

Short half-life benzodiazepines like midazolam are used as premedication to relieve intra-partum pain, and are known to have no adverse effects to the newborn. However, such short-acting drugs are known to induce paradoxical reactions when their concentration is abnormally elevated respect to the ag...

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Main Authors: Cristiano Ialongo, Marco Marano, Pierfrancesco Bertucci, Luigi Tonino Marsella, Andrea De Zorzi, Sergio Bernardini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.jpnim.com/index.php/jpnim/article/view/293