A mimic of soft tissue infection: intra-arterial injection drug use producing hand swelling and digital ischemia

BACKGROUND: Inadvertent intra-arterial injection of illicit substances is a known complication of injection drug use and can lead to severe complications, including infection, ischemia and compartment syndrome. Identifying complications of intra-arterial injection can be difficult, as clinical manif...

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Published in:World J Emerg Med
Main Authors: Foster, Sean D., Lyons, Michael S., Runyan, Christopher M., Otten, Edward J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4566017/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26401188
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5847/wjem.j.issn.1920-8642.2015.03.014
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