Citation

Lahlou A, Benlamkaddem S, Berdai MA, Harandou M. J. Crit. Care Med. (Targu Mures) 2019; 5(4): 157-160.

Affiliation

Obstetric and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hassan II Academic Hospital, Fez, Morocco.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie Tîrgu-Mures, Publisher Walter de Gruyter)

DOI

10.2478/jccm-2019-0024

PMID

31915723

PMCID

PMC6942453

Abstract

Levodopa is a dopamine precursor and a mainstay treatment in the management of Parkinson's disease. Its side effects induce dyskinesia, nausea, vomiting, and orthostatic hypotension. Acute levodopa acute poisoning is uncommon, with only a few reported cases in the medical literature. Treatment of poisoning by levodopa is mainly supportive. The case of a child admitted to a hospital for acute levodopa poisoning is presented in this report.

© 2019 Adnane Lahlou, Saïd Benlamkaddem, Mohamed Adnane Berdai, Mustapha Harandou, published by Sciendo.

Language: en

Keywords

Levodopa; Parkinson’s disease; antiparkinsonian drugs; mechanical ventilation