Alternative topical anesthesia for bronchoscopy in a case of severe lidocaine allergy

Lidocaine allergy presents a unique difficulty for both patients and providers who undergo/perform bronchoscopy. We present a case of a 73 yo male with severe lidocaine allergy who successfully underwent bronchoscopy with chloroprocaine topical anesthesia and discuss alternative topical anesthetic a...

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Autores principales: Hensley, Matthew, Singer, Benjamin H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5767558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29349036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.12.010
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spelling pubmed-57675582018-01-18 Alternative topical anesthesia for bronchoscopy in a case of severe lidocaine allergy Hensley, Matthew Singer, Benjamin H. Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Lidocaine allergy presents a unique difficulty for both patients and providers who undergo/perform bronchoscopy. We present a case of a 73 yo male with severe lidocaine allergy who successfully underwent bronchoscopy with chloroprocaine topical anesthesia and discuss alternative topical anesthetic agents that may be used in this special situation. Elsevier 2018-01-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5767558/ /pubmed/29349036 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.12.010 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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