Methemoglobinemia related to local anesthetics: A summary of 242 episodes

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 837-845

  Guay, Joanne ^a  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANILINE; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZOCAINE; BUPIVACAINE; COCAINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; EMLA; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PHENACETIN; PHENAZOPYRIDINE; PRILOCAINE; TETRACAINE; THIONINE; HEMOGLOBIN;

AEROSOL; APNEA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN DISEASE; CACAO; COLOR; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CYANOSIS; DEATH; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MUCOSA; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BENZOCAINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCAINE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIDOCAINE; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRILOCAINE; TETRACAINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61949354299     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318187c4b1     Document Type: Article

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