purple glove syndrome
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Etiology
- risk factors
- large, multiple intravenous doses of phenytoin (6%)
Epidemiology
- most common in elderly
Clinical manifestations
- extremities become swollen, discoloured & painful
Management
- may require amputation
- use fosphenytoin[3]
More general terms
References
- ↑ Wikipedia: Purple glove syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_glove_syndrome
- ↑ Hanna DR Purple glove syndrome: a complication of intravenous phenytoin. J Neurosci Nurs. 1992 Dec;24(6):340-5. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1289432
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 O'Brien TJ et al Incidence and clinical consequence of the purple glove syndrome in patients receiving intravenous phenytoin Neurology October 1, 1998 vol. 51 no. 4 1034-1039 http://www.neurology.org/content/51/4/1034.short