Category: Pediatrics
Posted: 3/23/2013 by Mimi Lu, MD
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In children, it is important to consider the maximum doses of local anesthetics when performing a laceration repair or painful procedure like abscess drainage. If there are multiple lacerations, or large lacerations, it may be possible to exceed those doses if one is not careful.
Max doses of common anesthetics
For example, in a 20 kg child (an average 5-6 year old), the maximum doses would be:
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