Upper limb gangrene following intramuscular diclofenac: a rare side effect

Diclofenac is a very commonly used analgesic medication. Diclofenac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug and acts by inhibiting COX (cyclo-oxygenase) 1 and 2. It has both analgesic and anti-pyretic effects. It can be administered both orally and parentarelly. Among the many side effects of dicl...

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Autor principal: Hajong, Ranendra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3789631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24964408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjs039
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description Diclofenac is a very commonly used analgesic medication. Diclofenac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug and acts by inhibiting COX (cyclo-oxygenase) 1 and 2. It has both analgesic and anti-pyretic effects. It can be administered both orally and parentarelly. Among the many side effects of diclofencac, extensive ganrene of the extremities is never reported as one of the probable complications. Extensive PubMed and other literature searches did not reveal any previously reported case reports, hence the reporting of this case.
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spelling pubmed-37896312013-10-17 Upper limb gangrene following intramuscular diclofenac: a rare side effect Hajong, Ranendra J Surg Case Rep Case Reports Diclofenac is a very commonly used analgesic medication. Diclofenac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug and acts by inhibiting COX (cyclo-oxygenase) 1 and 2. It has both analgesic and anti-pyretic effects. It can be administered both orally and parentarelly. Among the many side effects of diclofencac, extensive ganrene of the extremities is never reported as one of the probable complications. Extensive PubMed and other literature searches did not reveal any previously reported case reports, hence the reporting of this case. Oxford University Press 2013-02 2013-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3789631/ /pubmed/24964408 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjs039 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2013. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits non-commercial reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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Upper limb gangrene following intramuscular diclofenac: a rare side effect
title Upper limb gangrene following intramuscular diclofenac: a rare side effect
title_full Upper limb gangrene following intramuscular diclofenac: a rare side effect
title_fullStr Upper limb gangrene following intramuscular diclofenac: a rare side effect
title_full_unstemmed Upper limb gangrene following intramuscular diclofenac: a rare side effect
title_short Upper limb gangrene following intramuscular diclofenac: a rare side effect
title_sort upper limb gangrene following intramuscular diclofenac: a rare side effect
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3789631/
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