Blue dyes, blue people: the systemic effects of blue dyes when administered via different routes

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315-321

  Yusim, Yakov ^a   Livingstone, David ^a   Sidi, Avner ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Indigo carmine; Intravenous dyes; Methylene blue; Patent blue; Skin color

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DISULFINE BLUE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; HEMOGLOBIN; INDIGO CARMINE; ISOFLURANE; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; PROMETHAZINE; PROPOFOL; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; ROCURONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CYANOSIS; FACE; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; HYPOTENSION; INTEGUMENT; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RECOVERY ROOM; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN EDEMA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; URTICARIA;

AGED; CARDIAC OUTPUT; COLOR; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIGOTINDISULFONATE SODIUM; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; ROSANILINE DYES; SKIN;

EID: 34250171163     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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