Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dealing with chemotherapy extravasations: a new technique.
- Journal:
- Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
- Year:
- 2006
- Authors:
- Villalobos, Alice
- Affiliation:
- Animal Oncology Consultation Service · United States
Abstract
Doxorubicin, vincristine, and vinblastine are chemotherapeutic drugs commonly used in the treatment of cancer in pets. It takes technical skill to administer these drugs, because they are caustic sclerotics. If doxorubicin is extravasated into the perivascular tissues, the results may be devastating. The attending nurse and clinician must act vigorously to immediately remove every drop of the drug spilled into the tissues. Unfortunately, little has been written on how to effectively do that, but this paper describes an aggressive technique that can be used to combat such a spill.
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