Benzocaine-induced methemoglobinemia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 369-371

  Nguyen, Son T ^a   Cabrales, Rafael E ^a   Bashour, C Allen ^a   Rosenberger Jr , Thomas E ^a   Michener, Judy A ^a   Yared, Jean Pierre ^a   Starr, Norman J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOCAINE; METHYLENE BLUE; MORPHINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETHARGY; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033973744     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200002000-00024     Document Type: Article

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