Does lidocaine provoke clinically significant vasospasm? Two cases with peripheral vascular constriction after topical application of lidocaine

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1174-1175

  Azma, Toshiharu ^a,b   Okida, M ^a  

^a Hiroshima Red Cross/Atom Bomb S ^*  (Japan)

^b JA Hiroshima General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lidocaine; Topical application; Vascular spasm

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; OPEN REDUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL STRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOSPASM; VENOCONSTRICTION;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MIDDLE AGED; SPASM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0041735356     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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