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Idarubicin

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Abstract

1. Stop injection/infusion immediately

2. Get extravasation kit

3. Put on (sterile) gloves

4. Replace infusion lead or syringe with 5 ml disposable syringe and aspirate slowly as much as possible of the extravasated drug; Cave! do not exert pressure on extravasation area

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  1. CRETA – Cancer Research & Trial Agency GmbH, Bad Sauerbrunn, Österreich

    Ines Mader MD

  2. Krankenhaus und Geriatriezentrum, SMZ Floridsdorf, Wien, Österreich

    Mag. pharm. Patrizia Fürst-Weger

  3. Klinische Abteilung für Onkologie, Univ.-Klinik für Innere Medizin I, Wien, Österreich

    Univ.-Prof. Dr. Robert Mader

  4. Anstaltsapotheke, Landeskrankenhaus – Universitätskliniken Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Österreich

    Mag. pharm. Dr. Elisabeth Nogler-Semenitz

  5. Apotheke LKH-Univ.-Klinikum Graz, Graz, Österreich

    Mag. pharm. Sabine Wassertheurer

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Mader, I., Fürst-Weger, P., Mader, R., Nogler-Semenitz, E., Wassertheurer, S. (2010). Idarubicin. In: Extravasation of Cytotoxic Agents. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-88893-3_39

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