Prilocaine induced methaemoglobinaemia in a medically compromised patient. Was this an inevitable consequence of the dose administered?

British Dental Journal

Volumn 203, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 585-587

  Adams, V ^a   Marley, J ^a   McCarroll, C ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PRILOCAINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL CARE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PRILOCAINE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 36448964549     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.1045     Document Type: Article

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