Intravenous injection of diazepam to cubital vein can be complicated by accidental intra-arterial penetration and gangrene

Mirzatoloei, F and Afshar, A (2008) Intravenous injection of diazepam to cubital vein can be complicated by accidental intra-arterial penetration and gangrene. Archives of Iranian Medicine, 11 (4). pp. 469-471.

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Abstract

We present an elbow disarticulation due to accidental intra-arterial injection of diazepam. Considering the risk of inadvertent and accidental intra-arterial injection of diazepam and its subsequent severe sequelae that are reported in the literature, we emphasize that intravenous diazepam should be administered with more hesitancy and care

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: cited By 1
Uncontrolled Keywords: Amputation • complications • diazepam
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Depositing User: Unnamed user with email gholipour.s@umsu.ac.ir
Date Deposited: 19 Aug 2017 04:32
Last Modified: 28 May 2019 04:50
URI: http://eprints.umsu.ac.ir/id/eprint/1341

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