Anaphylaxis during anaesthesia: Diagnosis and treatment

Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-237

  Soetens, Filiep M ^a  

^a Sint Elisabethziekenhuis Turnhout   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: complications; Anaphylaxis; Neuromuscular blocking drugs; Skin testing

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATRACURIUM; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; COCAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX; MIVACURIUM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE; PANCURONIUM; PROMETHAZINE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; RANITIDINE; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM; TRYPTASE; VECURONIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYANOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FAINTNESS; FLUSHING; GOOSEFLESH; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HISTAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LARYNX EDEMA; LUNG EDEMA; NAUSEA; OXYGENATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRURITUS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RASH; SHOCK; SKIN TEST; STRIDOR; TACHYCARDIA; URTICARIA; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS; ANTIBODIES; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 5044225257     PISSN: 00015164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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