Acute arterial spasm in an extremity caused by inadvertent intra-arterial injection successfully treated in the emergency department

Authors
Arquilla, B Gupta, R Gernshiemer, J Fischer, M
Citation
B. Arquilla et al., Acute arterial spasm in an extremity caused by inadvertent intra-arterial injection successfully treated in the emergency department, J EMERG MED, 19(2), 2000, pp. 139-143
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Aneshtesia & Intensive Care
Journal title
JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
ISSN journal
07364679 → ACNP
Volume
19
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
139 - 143
Database
ISI
SICI code
0736-4679(200008)19:2<139:AASIAE>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We present a case of limb ischemia in a young man. For acute alcohol withdr awal, this patient was given chlordiazepoxide (Librium) through an angiocat heter inadvertently placed into a brachial arterial line. This caused sever e spasm of the brachial artery and its branches. These findings were confir med by angiography. Successful treatment occurred with intra-arterial papav erin. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc.