Benzocaine and lidocaine induced methemoglobinemia after bronchoscopy: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kwok, Sophie ^a   Fischer, Jacqueline L ^a   Rogers, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMLODIPINE; BENZOCAINE; CEFALEXIN; ENOXAPARIN; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; LIDOCAINE; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDAZOLAM; OXYCODONE; OXYGEN; PANTOPRAZOLE; PRAVASTATIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYANOSIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FACE MASK; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIMB PAIN; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MONOCYTOSIS; NECK PAIN; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 45249096500     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-16     Document Type: Article

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