Open AccessArterial cannulation can hasten the onset of symmetrical peripheral gangrene
Author(s) -
Nataraj Madagondapalli Srinivasan,
Souvik Chaudhuri
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.84187
Subject(s) - medicine , cannula , gangrene , arterial perfusion , peripheral , complication , disseminated intravascular coagulation , perfusion , surgery , arterial disease , anesthesia , cardiology , vascular disease
Symmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) is a devastating complication seen in critical care settings due to several contributory factors like low perfusion, high dose of vasopressors, disseminated intravascular coagulation, etc. Arterial cannulation is commonly done in critical patients for monitoring. We report a case of patient who developed early features of SPG which recovered in one hand, although it progressed in the hand which had the arterial cannula.