The Effect of Bupivacaine on the Methemoglobin Formation .
10.4097/kjae.1982.15.1.74
- Author:
Yun Je SONG
1
;
Chan Jin PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Bupivacaine*;
Humans;
Lidocaine;
Methemoglobin*;
Rabbits
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1982;15(1):74-80
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The changes of methemoglobin concentration in the blood after the use of lidocatine or Marcaine were investigated in the human and the rabbits. In the human the drugs were give by the epidural route and intramuscularly in rabbits. Lidocaine did not increase the methemoglobin concentration in humans but marcaine increased the methemoglobin concentration in the blood.
