lidocaine
10
4.7
- noun
- /ˈlaɪdəˌkeɪn/
- Specialized
:
lidocaína
- The doctor ordered a lidocaine infusion to manage the irregular heartbeat during the procedure.
- lidocaine IV
- lidocaine bolus
- lidocaine IV push
Examples
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Lidocaine in.
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Push the lidocaine!
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I just gave him a bolus of lidocaine.
Fiction book (1994) -
" Let's start him on a lidocaine drip at two milligrams a minute."
Fiction book (1994) -
They take and shoot the Big Brother a lidocaine in the neck right next to the Stella Galean nerves.
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Start Lidocaine drip.
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Perucca and Jackson reported that a lidocaine plasma concentration of at least 1.0 g/ml is necessary to reduce tinnitus.
Academic text (2003) -
He received intravenous lidocaine, intravenous epinephrine, a lidocaine drip, 2.7% sodium chloride solution.
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He received intravenous lidocaine, intravenous epinephrine, a lidocaine drip, 2.7% sodium chloride solution.
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In an emergency, the paramedic administered lidocaine to stabilize the patient's heart rhythm.
Synonyms
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7.0
A medicine that numbs the skin and the inside of the mouth
A medicine that prevents or treats abnormal heart rhythms
A medicine that prevents or corrects an abnormal heart rhythm
A medicine that treats serious irregular heartbeats in the heart's lower chambers
A medicine that treats dangerous irregular heartbeats but can raise the risk of sudden death after a heart attack
A medicine for serious irregular heartbeats when other medicines do not work
How Strongly Antiarrhythmic
- Specialized
4
9.9
- Specialized
10
4.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lidocaine is in the same group of -caine drugs that act on nerves and on the body's electrical signals. That's why lidocaine can 'calm' dangerous irregular heartbeats in an emergency.