[Nerve affection in connection with bloodletting II. Four case reports].
Four blood donors with persistent pain and dysfunction of the upper extremity after venepuncture are presented. Physical examinations identified median nerve-affections in all and additionally a varying involvement of other nerves in the elbow region. Such complications appear to have developed following to a vascular lesion. They are rare but potentially disabling and should be known in blood banks and clinical departments to which these patients are referred.
Jepsen
J R
JR
Arbejdsmedicinsk afdeling og klinisk immunologisk afdeling, Centralsygehuset i Esbjerg. jrj@ribeamt.dk
Gundolf
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D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors; D004550:Elbow / Q000294:innervation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000293:injuries; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011826:Radial Nerve / Q000293:injuries; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000293:injuries