Neurological excitation in a 6-week-old male infant after morphine overdose.

Jacqueline NeubauerNils I CorsonAnke MeinholdChristian P Both

Published in: Paediatric anaesthesia (2019)

While respiratory depression is a known complication of morphine overdose, the neuro-excitatory side effect of the morphine metabolite morphine-3-glucuronide is less widely known. Here, we report the case of an infant with neurological excitation after morphine overdose. The neuro-excitation in this infant was probably induced by an elevated morphine-3-glucuronide concentration.

Keyphrases

energy transfer
depressive symptoms
clinical trial
sleep quality
study protocol
respiratory tract
placebo controlled