Benzocaine-induced methemoglobinemia - Two case reports related to transesophageal echocardiography premedication

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 311-312

  Ho, Reginald T ^a,b   Nanevicz, Tania ^a   Yee, Rupsa ^a   Figueredo, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Benzocaine; Echocardiography; Methemoglobinemia; Transesophageal

Indexed keywords

BENZOCAINE; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BENZOCAINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREMEDICATION;

EID: 0031671372     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007778002540     Document Type: Article

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