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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Accidental digital self-injection of epinephrine from an EpiPen. | Accidental digital self-injection of epinephrine from an EpiPen. | ||
==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
Clinical | |||
==Work-Up== | |||
None | |||
==Treatment== | |||
# Observation for 2 hours after injection | |||
# If continued ischemia sx after 2 hrs | |||
## give phentolamine mesylate 1.5mg in 1 mL of lidocaine into the ischemic area | |||
==Disposition== | |||
Home | Home | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Tox: Epinephrine | Tox: Epinephrine | ||
==Source== | ==Source== | ||
"Six Years of Epinephrine Digital injections: Absence of Significant Local or Systemic Effects." Annals of EM. Sept. 2010. 56(3):p270-274. | "Six Years of Epinephrine Digital injections: Absence of Significant Local or Systemic Effects." Annals of EM. Sept. 2010. 56(3):p270-274. | ||
[[Category:Tox]] | [[Category:Tox]] | ||
Revision as of 22:56, 11 June 2011
Background
Accidental digital self-injection of epinephrine from an EpiPen.
Diagnosis
Clinical
Work-Up
None
Treatment
- Observation for 2 hours after injection
- If continued ischemia sx after 2 hrs
- give phentolamine mesylate 1.5mg in 1 mL of lidocaine into the ischemic area
Disposition
Home
See Also
Tox: Epinephrine
Source
"Six Years of Epinephrine Digital injections: Absence of Significant Local or Systemic Effects." Annals of EM. Sept. 2010. 56(3):p270-274.