Massive airway edema after azathioprine

Anesthesiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 888-890

  Jungling, Alexandra S ^a   Shangraw, Robert E ^b  

^a Klin Anasthesiologie I   (Germany)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic reaction; Cardiovascular collapse; Complications

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; DIGOXIN; DOPAMINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; FUROSEMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISOFLURANE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OMEPRAZOLE; ROCURONIUM; THIOPENTAL; THYROXINE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG EDEMA; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034053495     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200003000-00041     Document Type: Article

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