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Intramuscular injection of propacetamol in a neonate
  1. P Nolent
  1. Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care unit, Trousseau Hospital For Children, 26 Av Du Dr Netter, 75571 Paris Cedex 12, France; paul.nolent@trs.ap-hop-paris.fr

https://doi.org/10.1136/fn.87.2.F155

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    Neonatal paracetamol poisoning is rare and usually the result of maternal poisoning before birth.1 We report the case of a neonate who received a high dose of propacetamol chlorhydrate by intramuscular injection.

    The baby was born at 41 weeks gestation, weighing 3780 g, after a 12 hour labour marked by maternal fever. He was treated for infection with intramuscular injections of ampicillin and gentamicin. On the first day of life, …

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