Bupivacaine-induced cardiac arrest: Fat is good-is epinephrine really bad?

Anesthesiology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 467-469

  Harvey, Martyn ^a   Cave, Grant ^b  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b HUTT HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FATTY ACID; LIPID EMULSION; VASOPRESSIN;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ASPHYXIA; ASYSTOLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CIRCULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; HEART ARREST; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LACTIC ACIDEMIA; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIPOPHILICITY; LUNG EDEMA; NOTE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69549120143     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181afe083     Document Type: Editorial

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