Methemoglobinemia secondary to benzocaine topical anesthetic

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 492-493

  Lee, Edwin ^a   Boorse, Richard ^a   Marcinczyk, Michael ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzocaine; Cyanosis; Dyspnea; Methemoglobinemia

Indexed keywords

BENZOCAINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BENZOCAINE; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; RECTUM;

EID: 0029809264     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199612000-00016     Document Type: Article

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