International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 229-232 , December 2008

Cardiovascular Complications Resulting from Topical Lidocaine Application

  • Feng Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Han Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Wen-Han Chang, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92, Section 2, Chung-Shan North Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Jang Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Ho Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

,Accepted 24 October 2008.

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PII: S1873-9598(09)70012-2

doi: 10.1016/S1873-9598(09)70012-2

International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 229-232 , December 2008

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