Two Cases of Accidental Injection of Epinephrine into a Digit Treated with Subcutaneous Phentolamine Injections

Accidental injection into the digit from an epinephrine autoinjection device can cause discoloration, pain, and paresthesias. Although loss of digit is rare, treatment in the emergency department is commonly aimed at vasodilation of the affected tissue. We report two cases of accidental injection of...

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Autores principales: Bodkin, Ryan P., Acquisto, Nicole M., Gunyan, Holly, Wiegand, Timothy J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3758838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24024046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/586207
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author Bodkin, Ryan P.
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description Accidental injection into the digit from an epinephrine autoinjection device can cause discoloration, pain, and paresthesias. Although loss of digit is rare, treatment in the emergency department is commonly aimed at vasodilation of the affected tissue. We report two cases of accidental injection of epinephrine into the digits that were successfully treated with subcutaneous phentolamine injection with no adverse events.
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spelling pubmed-37588382013-09-10 Two Cases of Accidental Injection of Epinephrine into a Digit Treated with Subcutaneous Phentolamine Injections Bodkin, Ryan P. Acquisto, Nicole M. Gunyan, Holly Wiegand, Timothy J. Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report Accidental injection into the digit from an epinephrine autoinjection device can cause discoloration, pain, and paresthesias. Although loss of digit is rare, treatment in the emergency department is commonly aimed at vasodilation of the affected tissue. We report two cases of accidental injection of epinephrine into the digits that were successfully treated with subcutaneous phentolamine injection with no adverse events. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-08-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3758838/ /pubmed/24024046 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/586207 Text en Copyright © 2013 Ryan P. Bodkin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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