Anesthesia Allergies WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Anesthesia Allergies
The incidence of life-threatening hypersensitivity reactions occurring during anaesthesia is around one in 10,000 procedures. Muscle relaxants are involved in over two thirds of the cases. Antibiotic administration is a frequent cause. Successful immediate treatment requires prompt recognition by the attending anaesthetist. Adrenaline (epinephrine) remains the mainstay of treatment, with corticosteroids and antihistamines providing limited benefit in the acute situation. ...read more on Wikipedia
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- Contributor: Lesgreen Babaran, PTRP
- Reviewer: Elisa Carter
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Nov. 12, 2009
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- Contributor: Lesgreen Babaran, PTRP
- Reviewer: Elisa Carter
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: ANESTHESIA ALLERGY, Anesthetics Allergies, ANESTHETHICS ALLERGIES, ANESTHETICS ALLERGY
- Last update: Nov. 12, 2009
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