Methemoglobinemia complicating topical lidocaine used during endoscopic procedures

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 150-153

  Karim, Anita ^a,b   Ahmed, Shahid ^a,b   Siddiqui, Rina ^c   Mattana, Joseph ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETANILIDE; AMYL NITRATE; ANILINE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ATENOLOL; ATROPINE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BENZOCAINE; CHLORATE; CHLOROQUINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; DIAZEPAM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LIDOCAINE; METHYLENE BLUE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; NITRIC OXIDE; OMEPRAZOLE; PARAQUAT; PETHIDINE; PHENACETIN; PHENAZOPYRIDINE; PRILOCAINE; PRIMAQUINE; RESORCINOL; SODIUM NITRITE; SULFONAMIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRONCHOSCOPY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035423969     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(01)00763-X     Document Type: Article

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