Cardiopulmonary distress during obstetrical anaesthesia: Attempts to diagnose amniotic fluid embolism in a case series of suspected allergic anaphylaxis

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 324-330

  Harboe, T ^a   Benson, M D ^b   Oi, H ^c   Softeland, E ^a,d   Bjorge, L ^a   Guttormsen, A B ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid embolism; Anaphylaxis; Complement; Obstetrical anaesthesia; Sialyl Tn; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUPIVACAINE; CHLORHEXIDINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; FENTANYL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE; OXYTOCIN; PANCURONIUM; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SUFENTANIL; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; TN ANTIGEN; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGITATION; ALLERGY TEST; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL; URTICARIA;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT C4; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMBOLISM, AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRYPTASES;

EID: 33645000758     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.00962.x     Document Type: Article

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