Latex allergy: An update

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1219-1229

  Hepner, David L ^a   Castells, Mariana C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 POLYISOPRENE; ADRENALIN; ALKENE; ALLERGEN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CIMETIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HEV B 5 PROTEIN; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFUSION FLUID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LATEX; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEOPRENE; OXYGEN; POLYURETHAN; RANITIDINE; SALBUTAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; BANDAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CUFF; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DRAIN; ELECTRODE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FACE MASK; FRUIT; GLOVE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MASK; OPERATING ROOM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; SYRINGE; TOURNIQUET; TUBE; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 0037378770     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000050768.04953.16     Document Type: Review

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