Ceftriaxone intradermal test-related fatal anaphylactic shock: A medico-legal nightmare

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 130-131

  Riezzo, I ^b   Bello, S ^b   Neri, M ^b   Turillazzi, E ^b   Fineschi, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anaphylactic shock; Betalactams; Ceftriaxone; Intradermal test; Medico legal questions

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FLUID THERAPY; FOREARM; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG EXAMINATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSEUDOPODIUM; RESTLESSNESS; RESUSCITATION; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; URTICARIA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATROPINE; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EPINEPHRINE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OBESITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 72049100132     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02088.x     Document Type: Article

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