Methemoglobinemia after low-dose prilocaine in an adult patient receiving barbiturate comedication [20]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 459-460

  Kreeftenberg Jr , Herman G ^a   Braams, Reinier ^a   Nauta, Piet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLANILINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHEMOGLOBIN; PENTOBARBITAL; PRILOCAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTERIAL GAS; CASE REPORT; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; BARBITURATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; PRILOCAINE;

EID: 33846433516     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000253158.95377.7c     Document Type: Letter

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