Drug extravasation: can ultrasound-guided puncture and aspiration help?

  • Habib Md Reazaul Karim
  • Lavanya Vankdavath
  • Prateek Arora
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35975/apic.v26i6.2073
Keywords: Patient Safety, Perioperative, Point-of-Care Ultrasound, Anesthetics

Abstract

Summary: The authors have drawn the attention towards perhaps a common complication during intravascular techniques, and a novel use of ultrasound to aspirate the extravasated fluids / drugs to minimize the damaging effects.

Abbreviations: GA: general anesthesia; MAC-age: Age-adjusted minimum alveolar concentration

Key words: Patient Safety; Perioperative; Point-of-Care Ultrasound; Anesthetics

Citation:  Vankdavath L, Karim HMR, Arora P. Drug extravasation: can ultrasound-guided puncture and aspiration help? Anaesth. pain intensive care 2022;26(6):831−832; DOI: 10.35975/apic.v26i6.2073

Author Biographies

Habib Md Reazaul Karim

Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, India.

Lavanya Vankdavath

MBBS, Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, India.

Prateek Arora

MD, PDCC, Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, India.

Published
12-07-2022
How to Cite
Karim, H., Vankdavath, L., & Arora, P. (2022). Drug extravasation: can ultrasound-guided puncture and aspiration help?. Anaesthesia, Pain & Intensive Care, 26(6), 836-837. https://doi.org/10.35975/apic.v26i6.2073
Issue
Vol 26 No 6 (2022): December 2022
Section
Correspondence