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Inadvertent injection of potassium chloride instead of sodium chloride during treatment of chronic low back ache with epidural injection leading to paraplegia

Epidural injection of steroid is given for back pain resistant to other conservative management. Normal saline (NS) is used as diluent in 80 mg methylprednisolone and a local anesthetic. Due to a similar looking ampoule of NS and potassium chloride (KCl), there is a probability of accidental use of...

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Autores principales: Ranjan, Rahul, Asif, Naiyer, Ahmad, Sohail, Ifthekar, Syed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5111332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27891040
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-8237.193265