Allergic shock and death associated with protamine administration in a diabetic patient

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1729-1732

  Chu, Yan Qi ^a   Cai, Li Jian ^b   Jiang, De Chun ^a   Jia, Dan ^a   Yan, Su Ying ^a   Wang, Yu Qin ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic shock; Fatal; Insulin allergy; Protamine allergy

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; ISOPHANE INSULIN; NOVOLIN 30R; PROTAMINE SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RESUSCITATION; SPINAL CORD ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA;

AGED; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FATAL OUTCOME; HEPARIN ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; PROTAMINES; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 78650598569     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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