A misplaced intramuscular injection and limb-threatening ischemia

Femoral artery thrombosis is a rare complication of intramuscular (IM) injection in children. A 12-month-old boy presented with right lower limb ischemia and digital gangrene 3 days after an injection of ceftriaxone administered to his medial aspect of the right thigh. Successful thrombolysis and pa...

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Autores principales: Sarkar, Sumantra, Misra, Sarbani, Nandi, Madhumita, Mondal, Rakesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5787982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29417035
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.222058
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Sumario:Femoral artery thrombosis is a rare complication of intramuscular (IM) injection in children. A 12-month-old boy presented with right lower limb ischemia and digital gangrene 3 days after an injection of ceftriaxone administered to his medial aspect of the right thigh. Successful thrombolysis and partial limb salvage was possible with enoxaparin despite a late presentation. Unnecessary and unsafe IM injection in community practice might lead to such devastating outcome which should be avoided.

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