Treatment with lipid therapy to resuscitate a patient suffering from toxicity due to local anesthetics

Recently, although without a universal recognition, the use of lipid emulsions as a rescue therapy for the bupivacaine cardiac toxicity has been proposed. In this article we report a successful resuscitation of a patient after the injection of bupivacaine in emergency room and a commented review of...

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Main Authors: Manuel Monti, Alessio Monti, Francesco Borgognoni, Giovanni Maria Vincentelli, Federico Paoletti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-06-01
Series:Emergency Care Journal
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1820