Postoperative ST-segment elevation: Was vasospasm caused by anaphylaxis or by its treatment with epinephrine?

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 449-453

  Goldhaber Fiebert, Sara ^a   Grecu, Loreta ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FENTANYL; FEXOFENADINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; LATEX; LIDOCAINE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROQUICK; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; PENICILLIN G; PROMETHAZINE; PROPOFOL; SCOPOLAMINE; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STRIDOR; VASOSPASM;

EID: 33750106919     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60933-7     Document Type: Article

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