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Recurrence of local anesthetic cardiac toxicity or hypokalemia?

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Author/s: Krishnan, Sundar (S); Raw, Robert (R);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comment; Letter

Journal: Anesthesia and analgesia (Anesth Analg), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Nov; vol 109 (issue 5) : pp 1705; author reply 1705

Dates: Created 2009/10/21; Completed 2009/11/05;

PMID: 19843817, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/5/2009, IMS Date: )

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Comments and Corrections

CommentOn: Anesth Analg. 2009 Apr;108(4):1344-6. (PMID: 19299810)

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Anesthetics, Local - adverse effects Arrhythmias, Cardiac - chemically induced; drug therapy Cardiovascular Agents - therapeutic use Fat Emulsions, Intravenous - therapeutic use Heart Arrest - chemically induced; drug therapy

Heart Arrest - chemically induced; drug therapy Humans Hypokalemia - complications; therapy Recurrence Treatment Outcome

Associated Chemicals: Anesthetics, Local (0) ; Cardiovascular Agents (0) ; Fat Emulsions, Intravenous (0)

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