Anaphylactic shock: The great mimic

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-297

  Yong, Patrick F K ^a   Birns, Jonathan ^a   Ibrahim, Mohammad A A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Anaphylaxis; D dimer; Pulmonary embolism; Troponin

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; GELATIN SUCCINATE; METARAMINOL; STEROID; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; ANTIGOUT AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ALLERGY TEST; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG ERUPTION; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRICK TEST; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TEST; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; TACHYCARDIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DICLOFENAC; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SUCCINYLCHOLINE;

EID: 34247644949     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000254171.41354.97     Document Type: Article

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