A sudden death following tetracaine-induced spinal anesthesia

Legal Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-59

  Hino, Yukiko ^a   Kudo, Keiko ^a   Kiyoshima, Akiko ^a   Ikeda, Noriaki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forensic toxicology; Spinal anesthesia; Tetracaine; Tissue distribution

Indexed keywords

4 BUTYLAMINOBENZOIC ACID; ATROPINE; DOPAMINE; DRUG METABOLITE; ETILEFRINE; HYDROXYZINE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; TETRACAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL NERVE; SUDDEN DEATH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0036177318     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(01)00043-8     Document Type: Article

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