Methemoglobinemia associated with a prilocaine-lidocaine cream

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 239-240

  Kumar, Anil R ^a   Dunn, Nancy ^a   Naqvi, Mubariz ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA; LIDOCAINE; PRILOCAINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CIRCUMCISION; CYANOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PULSE OXIMETRY;

EID: 0030945923     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289703600410     Document Type: Article

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