Circulatory collapse after topical application of vancomycin powder during spine surgery Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 381-383

  Mariappan, Ramamani ^a   Manninen, Pirjo ^a   Massicotte, Eric M ^a   Bhatia, Anuj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaphylactoid reaction; Circulatory collapse; Infection; Spine surgery; Topical vancomycin

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; EPHEDRINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PARESTHESIA; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SHOCK; SIDE EFFECT; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL WOUND;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POWDERS; SHOCK; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84884495644     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.6.SPINE1311     Document Type: Article

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