Ergotism unresponsive to multiple therapeutic modalities, including sodium nitroprusside, resulting in limb loss.
Journal: Clinical Toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Abstract
Unlike epidemics in past centuries, patients suffering from peripheral vascular ischemia related to ergotism now rarely lose a limb because of vasodilator therapies. We report a patient with ischemia from ergotamine tartrate who failed to recover with medical therapy, resulting in limb amputation.
Authors
Khrongwong Musikatavorn, Suchai Suteparuk
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