Fant J S, James L P, Fiser R T, Kearns G L
Section of Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.
Pediatr Emerg Care. 1997 Dec;13(6):417-9. doi: 10.1097/00006565-199712000-00018.
Glucagon has been used to treat the hypotension associated with calcium channel antagonist poisoning in adult patients. We describe the successful use of glucagon in a pediatric patient poisoned with nifedipine and clonidine whose hypotension was unresponsive to fluid resuscitation, calcium chloride, and dopamine.