A 4-Year-Old With Altered Mental Status and Bradycardia After Clonidine Overdose

Publication date: Available online 24 October 2019Source: Air Medical JournalAuthor(s): Thomas L. Pietrantonio, Doug SwansonAbstractThis case presentation describes the clinical management of a pediatric patient during transport after a single-drug overdose of clonidine. Clonidine overdose closely resembles opiate intoxication, and treatment is largely supportive; however, the patient in this case presentation had a declining altered mental status with evidence of airway compromise within 1 to 2 hours after ingestion, which warranted protective airway management. The patient was extubated the following day with a successful outcome.
Source: Air Medical Journal - Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research