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Intravenous Injection of Diazepam to Cubital Vein Can be Complicated by Accidental Intra-Arterial Penetration and Gangrene.

Mirzatolooei F, Afshar A

Orthopedic Ward, Motahari Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran. fardin_tolouei@yahoo.com.

We present an elbow disarticulation due to accidental intra-arterial injection of diazepam. Considering the risk of inadvertent and accidental intra-arterial injection of diazepam and its subsequent severe sequelae that are reported in the literature, we emphasize that intravenous diazepam should be administered with more hesitancy and care.

Published 30 June 2008 in Arch Iran Med, 11(4): 469-71.
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