Case report: Bupivacaine toxicity with dorsal penile block for circumcision

American Family Physician

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 222-

  Keith French, L ^a   Cedar, Anna ^a   Hendrickson, Robert G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ANESTHESIA LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CIRCUMCISION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; DORSAL PENILE NERVE BLOCK; GAZE; HUMAN; INFANTILE HYPOTONIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LETTER; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEWBORN; TOXICITY;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 84864658403     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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