Anaphylactic shock during hysteroscopy using hyskon solution: Case report and review of adverse reactions and their treatment

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-69

  Perlitz, Yuri ^a   Oettinger, Moshe ^a   Karam, Keresh ^b,c   Lipshitz, Boris ^b,c   Simon, Kurt ^b,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Israel)

^b WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anaphylactic shock; Dextran 70; Hysteroscopy

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN 70;

ADULT; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LUNG EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; DEXTRANS; DOPAMINE; EPHEDRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0030058853     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000292042     Document Type: Article

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