Amlodipine Fatality in an Infant with Postmortem Blood Levels

INTRODUCTION: Amlodipine is a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker used in the treatment of hypertension and angina pectoris. Toxic effects reported from amlodipine include hypotension, reflex tachycardia, metabolic acidosis, and pulmonary edema. We report a rare fatality in an infant after inges...

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Main Authors: Spiller, Henry A., Milliner, Beth A., Bosse, George M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer-Verlag 2012
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Toxicology Observation
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3550251/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22271567
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13181-011-0207-x
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