Neonatal seizures following lidocaine administration for elective circumcision.
We report a case of a 25-day old, former 34-week gestation male newborn who experienced neonatal seizures following administration of subcutaneous lidocaine for regional anesthesia during an elective circumcision prior to discharge.
Moran
Lisa R
LR
Department of Pharmacy, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Hossain
Tanzeema
T
Insoft
Robert M
RM
D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002944:Circumcision, Male; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced*
D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D008012:Lidocaine