Administration of gamma‐hydroxybutyrate instead of beta‐hydroxybutyrate to a liver transplant recipient suffering from propionic acidemia and cardiomyopathy: A case report on a medication prescribing error

Abstract Beta‐hydroxybutyrate (BHB) is a synthetic ketone body used as an adjuvant energy substrate in the treatment of patients with metabolic cardiomyopathy. A medication prescribing error led to the administration of the general anesthetic sodium gamma‐hydroxybutyrate (GHB) instead of sodium BHB...

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Main Authors: Caroline Tuchmann‐Durand, Eloise Thevenet, Florence Moulin, Fabrice Lesage, Juliette Bouchereau, Mehdi Oualha, Diala Khraiche, Anaïs Brassier, Camille Wicker, Stéphanie Gobin‐Limballe, Jean‐Baptiste Arnoux, Florence Lacaille, Clotilde Wicart, Bruno Coat, Joel Schlattler, Salvatore Cisternino, Sylvain Renolleau, Philippe‐Henri Secretan, Pascale De Lonlay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:JIMD Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jmd2.12090