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The EpiPen and the ischaemic finger.

Author(s): Singh T, Randhawa S, Khanna R

Affiliation(s): Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK. talvinder13@hotmail.com

Publication date & source: 2007-08, Eur J Emerg Med., 14(4):222-3.

Publication type: Case Reports

We present a case of a 24-year-old with a history of accidental injection of adrenaline from an EpiPen into the proximal aspect of her left index finger. Various methods were advocated to treat digital ischaemia but were of no benefit. Topical infiltration of phentolamine in 1 ml of lignocaine 2% was given at the puncture site with immediate results of resolution of digital ischaemia.

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