Accidental digital epinephrine injection: to treat or not to treat?

Can Fam Physician. 2014 Aug;60(8):726-8.

Authors

Ceara McNeil¹, Julie Copeland²

Affiliations

¹ Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University in London, Ont.
² Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, both at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University in London, Ont. jcopela3@uwo.ca.

PMID: 25122817
PMCID: PMC4131962

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Administration, Topical
Aged
Epinephrine / adverse effects*
Fingers / blood supply*
Humans
Injections
Ischemia / chemically induced*
Ischemia / drug therapy
Male
Nitroglycerin / therapeutic use*
Vasoconstrictor Agents / adverse effects*
Vasodilator Agents / therapeutic use*

Substances

Vasoconstrictor Agents
Vasodilator Agents
Nitroglycerin
Epinephrine