Management of extravasation injuries
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Rohit J. Kumar; Stuart P. Pegg; Roy M. Kimble
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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**Background**: Various agents have been implicated in causing tissue necrosis after intravenous infusions have extravasated. These include solutions of calcium, potassium, bicarbonate, hypertonic dextrose, cytotoxic drugs and antibiotics. Views on management of these injuries differ, and range from