Paradoxical reaction to midazolam reversed with flumazenil in a patient undergoing tumescent liposuction

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1144-1146

  Heller, Marissa ^a   Hayes, Christine M ^b,c   Krejci, Niels C ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Northeast Skin Surgery Center LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUMAZENIL; MIDAZOLAM; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LIPOSUCTION; PARADOXICAL DRUG REACTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TUMESCENT LIPOSUCTION;

ANTIDOTES; AXILLA; FEMALE; FLUMAZENIL; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LIPECTOMY; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 67650763189     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01204.x     Document Type: Article

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