Incidence of severe local anaesthetic toxicity and adoption of lipid rescue in Finnish anaesthesia departments in 2011-2013

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1032-1037

  Heinonen, J A ^a   Litonius, E ^b   Pitkanen M ^c   Rosenberg, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c ORTON Invalid Foundation   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CLINOLEIC; INTRALIPID; LIDOCAINE; LIPID; LIPID EMULSION; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TOXICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOCAL ANESTHETIC SYSTEMIC TOXICITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPRING; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TACHYCARDIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; INCIDENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FAT EMULSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; FINLAND; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84938739366     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12545     Document Type: Article

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