ASRA practice advisory on local anesthetic systemic toxicity

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-161

  Neal, Joseph M ^a   Bernards, Christopher M ^a   Butterworth, John F ^b   Di Gregorio, Guido ^c   Drasner, Kenneth ^d   Hejtmanek, Michael R ^a   Mulroy, Michael F ^a   Rosenquist, Richard W ^e   Weinberg, Guy L ^c  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; ETIDOCAINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LIPID EMULSION; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOCAL ANESTHETIC SYSTEMIC TOXICITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PAIN MEDICINE PRACTICE ADVISORY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEIZURE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 77952348314     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181d22fcd     Document Type: Article

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