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Anesthesia and analgesia · Jul 2009
Case ReportsRefractory anaphylactic cardiac arrest after succinylcholine administration.
- Antoine Baumann, Daniela Studnicska, Gérard Audibert, Attila Bondar, Yannick Fuhrer, Jean-Pierre Carteaux, and Paul M Mertes.
- Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital Central, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 29, avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 54000 Nancy, France. a.baumann@chu-nancy.fr
- Anesth. Analg. 2009 Jul 1;109(1):137-40.
AbstractRefractory shock from anaphylaxis can occur after induction of general anesthesia. We report two cases of fatal cardiac arrest with increased blood tryptase and immunoglobulin E values after succinylcholine administration. Tryptase and immunoglobulin E assays may help to identify anaphylactic reactions when cardiac arrest occurs at induction of anesthesia.
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