Successful resuscitation following ropivacaine-induced systemic toxicity in a neonate

Anaesthesia

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1137-1140

  Hubler M ^a   Gabler R ^a   Ehm, B ^a   Oertel, R ^b   Gama De Abreu, M ^a   Koch, T ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; AMIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANEMIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRADYCARDIA; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CAPNOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FLUID THERAPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MUSCLE TONE; PULSE OXIMETRY; PUPIL REFLEX; QRS COMPLEX; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SEDATION; T WAVE; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY;

AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS;

EID: 78049505568     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06449.x     Document Type: Article

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