Anaphylactic shock and cardiac arrest caused by thiamine infusion

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Juel, Jacob ^a   Pareek, Manan ^b   Langfrits, Christian Sigvald ^c   Jensen, Svend Eggert ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c RANDERS REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; THIAMINE; TRYPTASE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; BEER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX PAIN; ANAPHYLAXIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84895844508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009648     Document Type: Article

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