Skin test after anaphylaxis to sugammadex

Slow recovery after sugammadex bolus after rocuronium-induced anaphylaxis.

Editor—Some case reports have suggested the use and efficacy of sugammadex during rocuronium-induced anaphylactic shock. – 3 This was associated with rapid restoration (under 2 min) of the clinical signs of shock. We report a case who required a longer resuscitation after similar treatment. The patient gave approval to publish the case. A female patient of 65 yrage, 70 kg, 1.60 m was to undergo...

Sugammadex and rocuronium-induced anaphylaxis

drawn through this area as it corresponded to where the airway passage normally occurs. At all other sections, the curve was drawn in the middle of the airway, not the surface of the tongue. The computer software was programmed to measure the area bounded by the line of the airway curve and the line of sight. The outline of the tongue was not used in the calculation. ‘As demonstrated by their q...

Anaphylaxis during skin test with vecuronium.

Persistence of positive skin test 25 years after a penicillin-induced anaphylaxis

Background Skin tests are important in the investigation of hypersensitivity drug reactions (HDR), particularly when betalactams are involved. However, the sensitivity decreases with time. It has been described that skin tests become negative about five years after a betalactam hypersensitivity reaction. We report a patient with persistence of a positive skin test twenty five years after an ana...

Sugammadex and anaphylaxis in the operating theater Sugammadex y anafilaxia en la sala de operaciones

a Retired. Formerly, Head, Molecular Immunology Unit, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital of Sydney and Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia b Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women and School of Women’s and Infants’ Health and School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Au...