Angioedema, a life-threatening adverse reaction to ACE-inhibitors
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Life threatening angioedema in a patient on ACE inhibitor (ACEI) confined to the upper airway
INTRODUCTION ACE inhibitors accounts for 8% of all cases of angioneurotic edema and the overall incidence is 0.1 to 0.7% of patients on ACE inhibitors. It is a leading cause (20-40%) of emergency room visits in the US with angioedema. We report a case of angioedema caused by ACE inhibitors confined to the upper airway after four years on treatment with Lisinopril which persisted for three weeks...
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عنوان ژورنال: Romanian Journal of Rhinology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2393-3356
DOI: 10.2478/rjr-2019-0023