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Case Reports
. 2009 Jul;109(1):137-40.
doi: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181a775b2.

Refractory anaphylactic cardiac arrest after succinylcholine administration

Antoine Baumann  1 , Daniela Studnicska, Gérard Audibert, Attila Bondar, Yannick Fuhrer, Jean-Pierre Carteaux, Paul M Mertes
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Refractory anaphylactic cardiac arrest after succinylcholine administration

Antoine Baumann et al. Anesth Analg. 2009 Jul.

Abstract

Refractory 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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