Intravenous breast milk administration--a rare accident.

The child presented to us on day 2 of life with complaints of bilious vomiting. An abdominal X-ray showed a double-bubble sign and a diagnosis of duodenal atresia was made. Duodenodoudenostomy with a feeding jejunostomy using an infant feeding tube was done. Post operatively, breast milk was accidentally connected to the intravenous cannula instead of the jejunostomy tube on day 5 and the baby received about 75 mL of milk intravenously. The child developed severe Acinetobacter septicemia with shock following this. The episode was luckily nonfatal and the child was discharged after one month of ICU care.