Anesthetic management of a patient with an allergy to propylene glycol and parabens

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 839-842

  Farber, Michaela K ^a   Angelo, Tiffany E ^a   Castells, Mariana ^a   Tsen, Lawrence C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; PROPOFOL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 77949285287     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181cde5a5     Document Type: Article

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