Emergency Medicine: Open Access

Emergency Medicine: Open Access
Open Access

ISSN: 2165-7548

Case Report - (2013) Volume 3, Issue 1

Post-frenotomy Methemoglobinemia Associated with Mepivacaine Use in a 3 Day Old

Jahn T Avarello1*, Amit Gupta2 and Robert A Silverman3
1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emerg Med (Los Angel) , Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York, USA
2Department of Emerg Med (Los Angel), North Shore University Hospital, 300 Community Dr, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA
3Department of Emerg Med (Los Angel), Long Island Jewish Medical Center, NY 11040, USA
*Corresponding Author: Jahn T Avarello, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emerg Med (Los Angel), Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York, 270-05 76th Ave, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA, Tel: (718)470-7501 Email:

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