Clinical Review
Epi-Curious
Emergency Medicine. 2013 May;45(5):16-19
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Payal Sud, MD; Howard A. Greller, MD
A 66-year-old man with a history of atrial fibrillation and hypertension, for which he takes warfarin and metoprolol, respectively, was “experimenting” with his wife’s epinephrine auto-injector when he unintentionally discharged the medication into his right thumb. He presented to the ED within 1 hour of the incident, complaining of numbness and paleness in the affected digit.