Reversal of lidocaine with epinephrine epidural anesthesia using epidural saline washout

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 246-251

  Todd Sitzman, B ^a   DiFazio, Cosmo A ^b   Playfair, Paul A ^b   Stevens, Rom A ^c   Hanes, Chad F ^b   Herman, Todd B ^b   Kendall Yates, H ^b   Leisure, George S ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

0.9 NaCl; Anesthesia techniques; Epidural; Lidocaine; Local anesthetic; Reversal

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0035337593     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rapm.2001.22587     Document Type: Article

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