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ArticleCase reports in surgery2020

Refractory Unforeseen Anaphylaxis Case in a Rural OR Unit.

Sayed Hafizi, Christine Nadeau, Mohamed Gazarin, Emily Mulligan

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Article in Case reports in surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sayed HafiziWinchester District Memorial Hospital, 566 Louise St, Winchester, ON, Canada K0C 2K0.
Christine NadeauWinchester District Memorial Hospital, 566 Louise St, Winchester, ON, Canada K0C 2K0.
Mohamed GazarinWinchester District Memorial Hospital, 566 Louise St, Winchester, ON, Canada K0C 2K0.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8951-9153
Emily MulliganWinchester District Memorial Hospital, 566 Louise St, Winchester, ON, Canada K0C 2K0.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2792-0021
Winchester Hospital · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 35-year-old female patient with no previously documented allergies who was admitted for elective gynaecological surgery, developed rapid onset, severe anaphylaxis, with dyspnea and cardiovascular collapse, in the operating theatre after receiving routine IV cefazolin prior to induction of anesthesia. She failed to improve with two doses of intramuscular epinephrine followed by two boluses of intravenous epinephrine, but responded to an epinephrine infusion. She was assessed by Internal Medicine and discharged home the following day. This event demonstrates the speed, severity, and profound hypotension in an allergic reaction from intravenous medication, challenges in managing anaphylaxis, and importance of prompt administration of epinephrine via IM route, followed by IV if necessary, in the OR. The case highlighted the inability to ascertain the causative agent through typical allergy testing.

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PMID32047699
PMCPMC7007949
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