Seizures and methemoglobinemia in an infant after excessive EMLA application

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 377-379

  Larson, Austin ^a   Stidham, Timothy ^a   Banerji, Shireen ^a,b   Kaufman, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Rocky Mountain Poison Center   (United States)

Author keywords

EMLA; lidocaine; methemoglobinemia; prilocaine; seizures

Indexed keywords

EMLA; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; LIDOCAINE; LIPID EMULSION; LORAZEPAM; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE; PRILOCAINE;

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIDOCAINE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; PORT-WINE STAIN; PRILOCAINE; SEIZURES;

EID: 84874839479     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182854790     Document Type: Article

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