Two cases of methemoglobinemia from the use of topical anesthetics

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 106-108

  Carlson, Glenn ^a   Negri, Eileen ^a   McGrew, Angela ^a   Plaisier, Brian ^a   Lewis, Anne Marie ^a  

^a BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZOCAINE; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; COLLAPSE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INGESTION; LABORATORY TEST; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS;

EID: 0037395999     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/men.2003.57     Document Type: Article

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