An Anaphylactic Reaction After Primary Exposure to an Aprotinin Test Dose in a Child With a Severe Milk Allergy

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-244

  Kaddoum, Roland N ^a,b   Chidiac, Elie Joseph ^b   Zestos, Maria M ^b   Rajan, Sankar D ^b   Baraka, Anis ^c  

^a CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

anaphylaxis; aprotinin; cardiac surgery; immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4); milk allergy; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; APROTININ;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MILK ALLERGY; MILK INTOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; APROTININ; CHILD; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34047189325     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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