Anaphylactic shock perioperative to patent blue dye

Patent blue dye in lymphaticovenular anastomosis.

INTRODUCTION Lymphaticovenular anastomosis (LVA) has been described as a treatment of chronic lymphoedema. This microsurgical technique is new and technically difficult. The small caliber and thin wall lymphatic vessels are difficult to identify and easily destroyed during the dissection. MATERIALS AND METHODS We describe a technique of performing lymphaticovenular anastomosis with patent blu...

Factors Associated with Echinococcosis-Induced Perioperative Anaphylactic Shock

This retrospective case-control study explored the factors associated with anaphylactic shock during surgery for cystic echinococcosis (CE) at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University between October 2008 and September 2013. Patients who suffered from anaphylactic shock (n=16) were age-matched 3:1 to patients who did not (n=43). Multivariate analysis suggested that IL-4 leve...

Anaphylactic shock to raspberry.

Anaphylactic Shock

Anaphylactic shock is an unexpected, sudden and sometimes deadly event that attacks the patient in 75% of the cases without pre-existent history of allergy. In general, drugs, hymenopteric poisons and nutrients (according to the recent concept) are responsible. Beside the classical IgE-mediated anaphylactic shock there exists another anaphylactic shock, identical in its clinical picture and tre...

Biphasic anaphylactic reaction to blue dye during sentinel lymph node biopsy

BACKGROUND Lymphazurin 1% blue dye can cause a severe anaphylactic reaction in approximately 1-3% of patients. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a case of intraoperative anaphylaxis resulting from Lymphazurin 1% blue dye. A 48-year old woman undergoing a mastectomy with sentinel lymph node biopsy experienced a biphasic anaphylactic reaction with two episodes of hypotension at 15 minutes and 2 hou...