What investigation after an anaphylactic reaction during anaesthesia?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 363-368

  Dewachter, Pascale ^a,b   Mouton Faivre, Claudie ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Anaphylaxis; Hypersensitivity; Immediate; Skin tests; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; APROTININ; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORHEXIDINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LATEX; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POVIDONE IODINE; PROTAMINE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN TEST;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA; CROSS REACTIONS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 43149114427     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3282ff85e1     Document Type: Review

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