Comments on serious anaphylaxis caused by nine Chinese herbal injections used to treat common colds and upper respiratory tract infections

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-138

  Ji, Kunmei ^a   Chen, Jiajie ^a   Li, Meng ^a   Liu, Zhigang ^a   Xia, Lixin ^a   Wang, Chunbo ^a   Zhan, Zhengke ^a   Wu, Xuli ^a  

^a Shenzhen University   (China)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; Anaphylaxis; Herbal injection; Toxicology; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; BANLANGEN; BUBALUS BUBALIS EXTRACT; BUPLEURUM ROOT EXTRACT; CHAIHU; CHINESE DRUG; CHOLIC ACID; CHUANHUNING; CHUANXINLIAN; CONCHA MARGARITIFERA EXTRACT; DASUANSU; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FORSYTHIA SUSPENSE EXTRACT; GARDENIA JASMINOIDES EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA EXTRACT; HYODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; ISATIS INDIGOTICA EXTRACT; LONICERA EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT; PLANT EXTRACT; QINGKAILING; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS EXTRACT; SHUANGHUANGLIAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YINXINGDAMO; YUXINGCAO;

ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMON COLD; CONCHA MARGARITIFERA; CONVULSION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG LABELING; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ISATIS INDIGOTICA; LARYNX EDEMA; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICINAL PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHELLFISH; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COMMON COLD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG TOXICITY; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349505771     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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