Radiocontrast material is among the common drugs causing allergic reaction. Mostly it well tolerated. The symptoms range from mild with urticaria to fatal anaphylaxis, developing rapidly. Anaphylaxis most severe form of radiocontrast media (RCM) induced hypersensitivity With more use diagnostic and therapeutic procedure, increasing. We report here two cases anaphylactic reaction that occurred d...

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of adverse events in ferrets vaccinated with a modified-live avian cell culture canine distemper virus vaccine licensed for use in ferrets, an inactivated rabies vaccine licensed for use in ferrets, or both. DESIGN Retrospective study. ANIMALS 143 ferrets. PROCEDURE Medical records were reviewed to identify ferrets that had an adverse event after vacci...

BACKGROUND Anaphylactic reaction induced bronchospasm as wheezing and severe elevation of airway pressure was observed in a succession of patients during general anesthesia at our institute in November 2007. The aim of this survey was to investigate the suspected causes and risk factors of these anaphylactic reactions and the degree of correlation. METHODS All patients who received general an...

Although glucocorticoids are often used as an adjunct to epinephrine to treat anaphylactic shock, glucocorticoids can also be a rare cause of anaphylactic shock. Only through the administration of a challenge dose of different glucocorticoids and different substrates that glucocorticoids are delivered in can the determination be made about which glucocorticoid or accompanying solvent may be the...

Gamijeonssibaekchulsan (GJBS) is a typical Oriental medicine prescription which has been used in Korea for the treatment of allergic diseases and the development of physical strength. However, as yet there is no clear explanation of how GJBS affects the anaphylactic reaction and the immune function. In the present study murine models and MOLT-4 cells, a T cell line, were used to investigate the...

There have been several reports of anaphylactoid reactions to the intravenous anaesthetic drugs Althesin (alphaxalone and alphadolone) and propanidid (Epontol).' The culprit in some of these reactions may have been Cremophor EL, a surfactant common to both drug formulations. Cremophor EL is produced by the epoxylation of castor oil and is actually a complex mixture of compounds. We report a cas...

When a fixed area of the ears of rabbits is subjected to the action of a standard destructive dose of x-rays (30 skin units) the type of reaction resulting depends upon the previous treatment of the rabbit. (1) In normal rabbits a mild acute inflammation develops in the x-rayed area which leads at once to a perforating gangrene within an average of 15 days. (2) If rabbits are x-rayed and about ...

A 40-year-old patient with Type I Von Willebrand Disease presented for elective cesarean section. At the operating theater before delivery, while receiving cryoprecipitate, she developed an anaphylactic reaction requiring resuscitation. Once was hemodynamically stable, factor VIII/VWF concentrates were administered and operative delivery performed, a good maternal fetal outcome.