Local anesthetic-induced cardiac toxicity: A survey of contemporary practice strategies among academic anesthesiology departments

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1322-1326

  Corcoran, William ^a   Butterworth, John ^b   Weller, Robert S ^a   Beck, Jonathan C ^a   Gerancher, J C ^a   Houle, Timothy T ^a   Groban, Leanne ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID EMULSION; ROPIVACAINE;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MECHANICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS;

EID: 33750292361     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000242515.03653.bb     Document Type: Article

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