Intravenous lipid emulsion as antidote: How should we chew the fat in 2011?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 919-920

  Cave, Grant ^a   Harvey, Martyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

antidote; cardiac arrest; fat emulsion; intravenous; lidocaine; poisoning

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; BUPIVACAINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; LIPID EMULSION; MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG MECHANISM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 79953165385     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31820e4496     Document Type: Editorial

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