Methemoglobinemia revisited: An important complication after transesophageal echocardiography

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 470-472

  Tsigrelis, Constantine ^a   Weiner, Leonard ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzocaine; Methemoglobinemia; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZOCAINE; CETACAINE; FENTANYL; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDAZOLAM; TETRACAINE;

AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BENZOCAINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33751053866     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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