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Methemoglobinemia due to local anesthesia: a rare cause of cyanosis and chest pain after placement of implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Although methemoglobinemia is rare in adulthood, it may have fatal consequences if unnoticed. We planned to implant an implantable cardioverter defibrillator ICD in a 50-year-old male patient for primary prevention. Following sterile draping, prilocaine 5 mg/kg (400 mg) was injected subcutaneously f...

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Autores principales: Cicek, Yuksel, Durakoglugil, M. Emre, Usta, Ece Hastaş
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7110099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32256868
http://dx.doi.org/10.2185/jrm.2019-007