Necrosis Caused by Intra-arterial Injection of Promethazine: Case Report

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 919-923

  Foret, Andrew Lee ^a   Bozeman, Andrew P ^a   Floyd III, Waldo E ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; gangrene; injection injury; ischemia; necrosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; CLOPIDOGREL; LIDOCAINE; PAPAVERINE; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; FOLLOW UP; GANGRENE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROVASCULAR ISCHEMIA; NAUSEA; NECROSIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHLEBOSCLEROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SCLEROSIS; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; ULNAR ARTERY; VASOSPASM; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARM; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; ISCHEMIA; MEDICATION ERRORS; NECROSIS; PROMETHAZINE; RADIAL ARTERY; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 65349119392     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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