Generalized seizures following topical lidocaine administration during circumcision: Establishing causation

Pediatric Drugs

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-127

  Rezvani, Massoud ^a   Finkelstein, Yaron ^a   Verjee, Zul ^a   Railton, Craig ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; PANCURONIUM; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCUMCISION; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPTIC STATE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; INFANT; LIDOCAINE; MALE; OVERDOSE; SEIZURES;

EID: 34247255481     PISSN: 11745878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148581-200709020-00006     Document Type: Article

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