Management options for accidental injection of epinephrine from an autoinjector: a case report
| العنوان: | Management options for accidental injection of epinephrine from an autoinjector: a case report |
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| المؤلفون: | Philippe Staeger, Christian Mathez, Bernard Favrat |
| المصدر: | Journal of Medical Case Reports, Vol 3, Iss 1, p 7268 (2009) Journal of Medical Case Reports Journal of medical case reports, vol. 3, pp. 7268 |
| بيانات النشر: | BMC, 2009. |
| سنة النشر: | 2009 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Medicine(all), medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, lcsh:R, lcsh:Medicine, Anaphylactic reactions, macromolecular substances, General Medicine, body regions, Epinephrine, Autoinjector, Accidental, Anesthesia, Family medicine, Case report, Medicine, Epinephrine autoinjector, business, medicine.drug |
| الوصف: | Introduction Epinephrine autoinjector devices are used with increasing frequency to treat severe anaphylactic reactions. Accidental injection, usually involving a finger, is a potential complication. Case presentation A physician in a Family Practice training program accidentally injected epinephrine into his left thumb while reading the operating instructions of an autoinjector (Epipen®). He developed swelling, pallor, and pain in the thumb. Treatment included topical nitroglycerin, oral vasodilators and warming of the thumb. As expected, none caused an immediate response; however, after 8 hours, the thumb was pink and warm. There was full recovery 2 months after the accident. We reviewed the treatment of accidental epinephrine injection, and found that the use of parenteral adrenergic alpha blocker phentolamine would have produced immediate recovery. Conclusions All health professionals concerned with the use of epinephrine autoinjectors should receive adequate instruction on their use. A regimen for management of accidental epinephrine injection, in particular the use of phentolamine, should be emphasized. |
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| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1752-1947 |
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