Perioperatively acquired methaemoglobinaemia in a preterm infant

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 284-286

  Voelker, Cynthia A ^a   Brown, Lee ^a   Hinson, Roger M ^a,b  

^a WOMAN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzocaine; Infant; Lidocaine; Methaemoglobin

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE; MIVACURIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOSIS; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BENZOCAINE; CYANOSIS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LIDOCAINE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; METHYLENE BLUE;

EID: 0036205236     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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