Anaphylactic deaths in Auckland, New Zealand: A review of coronial autopsies from 1985 to 2005

Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 328-332

  Low, Irene ^a,b   Stables, Simon ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allergy; Anaphylaxis; Fatalities; Forensic pathology

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BEE VENOM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; STREPTOKINASE; TRYPTASE; WASP VENOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HYPOXIA; DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNX EDEMA; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; REVIEW; SEA FOOD; SKIN EDEMA;

EID: 33747596171     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020600820831     Document Type: Article

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