Clonidine 10-fold overdose in a paediatric patient due to a compounding error


Bryanna Gillies presents a case history report with important lessons about compounding A five-year-old boy presented to a tertiary paediatric emergency department on advice from the poisons centre, who received a call from a concerned father that his son was overtly drowsy following his regular nightly clonidine dose. This patient has a background of autism

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