Severe anaphylactic reaction to chlorhexidine during total hip arthroplasty surgery. A case report

HIP International

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 630-632

  Sijbesma, Thea ^a   Röckmann, Heike ^b   van der Weegen, Walter ^a  

^a ST ANNA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaphylactic shock; Chlorhexidine; Hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CEFAZOLIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; CLEMASTINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC URTICARIA; ALLERGY TEST; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIP DYSPLASIA; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NAUSEA; OXYGEN SATURATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL APPROACH; TACHYCARDIA; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CHLORHEXIDINE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 80053626101     PISSN: 11207000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/HIP.2011.8644     Document Type: Article

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