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J Am Osteopath Assoc · Jun 1995
Case ReportsAccidental epinephrine auto-injector-induced digital ischemia reversed by phentolamine digital block.
- S J Hardy and D E Agostini.
- Millcreek Community Hospital, Emergency Medical Department, Erie, PA 16509-2603, USA.
- J Am Osteopath Assoc. 1995 Jun 1;95(6):377-8.
AbstractThe use of epinephrine-containing auto-injectors as a prescription medication for treating routine to severe anaphylactic reactions is now widely accepted. Associated with this trend is an increasing number of accidental injections of epinephrine into digits, causing severe vasoconstriction and the risk of ischemic necrosis. When epinephrine is accidentally discharged into a digit, ischemic skin necrosis resulting from the alpha-adrenergic blocking effects of this agent can lead to the need for multiple operations, wound infection, and even loss of the digit. The alpha-adrenergic blocking characteristics of phentolamine administered by a variety of methods have proved effective in reversing the effects of epinephrine in these cases. The authors urge that the described treatment protocol become more widely disseminated among primary care and emergency physicians.
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