Review of the use of lipid emulsion in nonlocal anesthetic poisoning

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 427-433

  Kostic, Mark A ^a,b   Gorelick, Marc ^b  

^a Associ Medical Direc Wisconsin Poison Center   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Intralipid; lipid sink; lipid solubility; poisoning

Indexed keywords

INTRALIPID; LIPID EMULSION; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIDOTE; LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HEART ARREST; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LIPID SOLUBILITY; NONHUMAN; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; REVIEW; ANIMAL;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANTIDOTES; FAT EMULSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; HUMANS; LIPIDS;

EID: 84902515214     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000155     Document Type: Review

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