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Acquired Methemoglobinemia Associated with Topical Lidocaine Administration: A Case Report

A 55-year-old male was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. During an intubation procedure, the patient received an application of endobronchial lidocaine (4% gel). Within 2 h of intubation, the patient developed worsening hypoxia, and investigation of arterial blood gasses revealed a pH of 7.21...

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Autores principales: Gay, Hawkins C., Amaral, Ansel Philip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5889764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29627919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40800-018-0081-4