Acute cardiac and pulmonary arrest after infusion of vancomycin with subsequent desensitization

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 6 I, 1997, Pages 853-854

  Villavicencio, Alan T ^a   Hey, Lloyd A ^a   Patel, Dhavalkumar ^a   Bressler, Peter ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIZATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031402101     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(97)70287-2     Document Type: Article

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