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1988276

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-2-27
pubmed:abstractText
A 39-year-old woman suffering from migraine took two suppositories of an ergotamine-containing proprietary drug (Cafergot, containing 2 mg ergotamine tartrate) for the first time again after an abstinence of two years. Twenty-four hours later she developed symptoms of decreased peripheral blood flow in all four limbs. Walking distance without pain was reduced to 100 m, but the severest changes affected the right arm, with livid discolorations and complete immobility 16 hours after the onset of symptoms. Despite administration of morphine derivatives the pain progressively increased. Angiography demonstrated spastic narrowing of all arm arteries below the axillary artery. No vessels were visualized below the lower-arm bifurcation. Thereupon 4 mg nifedipine were injected through the angio-catheter within 30 min (five individual doses of 0.8 mg each). This was followed by intravenous infusion of 0.5 mg/h. The pain immediately decreased and the livid discoloration as well as impaired arm movement improved. A residual deficit, incomplete lesion of the median nerve, persisted but gradually regressed during the following two months.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0012-0472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
116
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
137-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-7-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
[Extremity-threatening ischemia in ergotism. Successful treatment with the intra-arterial administration of nifedipine].
pubmed:affiliation
Chirurgische Klinik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, St. Josef-Hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports