Disappearance of wheezing during epidural lidocaine anesthesia in a patient with bronchial asthma

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 463-466

  Shono, Shinjiro ^a   Higa, Kazuo ^a   Harasawa, Ichiro ^a   Sugano, Hiroko ^a   Dan, Kenjiro ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Epidural anesthesia; Lidocaine

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEEZING;

EID: 0032832592     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1098-7339(99)90015-9     Document Type: Article

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