Use of Intralipid in an infant with impending cardiovascular collapse due to local anesthetic toxicity

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 439-441

  Shah, Shailesh ^a,b   Gopalakrishnan, Senthil ^a   Apuya, Jesus ^a   Shah, Sonia ^a   Martin, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine toxicity; Caudal block; Intralipid

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALBUMIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; INTRALIPID; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SHOCK; SIDE EFFECT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION; VOMITING;

ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FAT EMULSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SHOCK;

EID: 69049111933     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-009-0754-3     Document Type: Article

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