Acute arterial spasm in an extremity caused by inadvertent intra- arterial injection successfully treated in the Emergency Department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-143

  Arquilla, Bonnie ^a   Gupta, Rajesh ^a   Gernshiemer, Joel ^b   Fischer, Mitchell ^a  

^a OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LINCOLN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Arterial spasm; Intra arterial injection; Limb ischemia; Papaverine

Indexed keywords

CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; PAPAVERINE;

ADULT; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ARM; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; ISCHEMIA; MALE; PAPAVERINE; SPASM; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033861071     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(00)00200-6     Document Type: Article

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