Treat digit gangrene in patients with pressors


  • Elevation of extremities
  • Splinting
  • Warming with bair hugger
  • Remove extra lines, especially arterial lines
  • topical nitroglycerin
  • Nerve block: stop sympathetic input 1

Footnotes

  1. Livesey M, Jauregui JJ, Hamaker MC, Pensy RA, Langhammer CG, Eglseder WA. Management of vasopressor induced ischemia. J Orthop. 2020 Oct 16;22:497-502. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2020.10.012. PMID: 33100742; PMCID: PMC7577194.