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