A new therapeutic approach to accidental intra-arterial injection of thiopentone.
After an accidental intra-arterial injection of thiopentone, good therapeutic results were obtained with a selective intra-arterial injection of urokinase during digital subtraction angiography.
Vangerven
M
M
Department of Anaesthesiology, Ziekenhuis Sint-Maarten, Belgium.
Delrue
G
G
Brugman
E
E
Cosaert
P
P
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007269:Injections, Intra-Arterial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008508:Medication Errors; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D013874:Thiopental / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator; D013874:Thiopental