Nursing Staff Administered Topical Lidocaine Anesthesia in Transesophageal Echocardiography: Impact on Quality, Delivery of Care, and the Rates of Methemoglobinemia

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2021 Jul;34(7):795-798. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2021.04.010. Epub 2021 Apr 16.

Authors

Barbara G Thraenert¹, Julie Wiste¹, Nancy L Cousins¹, Suzette M Hoehn¹, Aisling Carroll², Merri L Bremer¹, Jeremy T Thaden¹, Sunil V Mankad¹, Garvan C Kane¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
² Division of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, England.

PMID: 33872702
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2021.04.010

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anesthesia*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Humans
Lidocaine
Methemoglobinemia* / chemically induced
Methemoglobinemia* / diagnosis
Nursing Staff*

Substances

Lidocaine