Navy Medicine

Dental anaesthesia, using 2% solution with epinephrine, ADULT 20–100 mg (1–5 ml) NOTE. Maximum safe doses of lidocaine for adult and child are: 0.5% or 1% lidocaine, 4 mg/kg; 0.5% or 1% lidocaine + epinephrine 5 micrograms/ml (1 in 200 000), 7 mg/kg. Use lower doses for debilitated, elderly, epileptic, or acutely ill patients ................
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