Photo from wikipedia
Antibiotics are the most frequent, and a growing, cause of life threatening anaphylaxis in the operating theatre, the largest prospective audit of anaphylaxis related to anaesthesia and surgery has found.1… Click to show full abstract
Antibiotics are the most frequent, and a growing, cause of life threatening anaphylaxis in the operating theatre, the largest prospective audit of anaphylaxis related to anaesthesia and surgery has found.1 The findings of the 6th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (NAP6) contrast with those of previous studies which found the main culprit to be muscle relaxants. Details of all cases of life threatening anaphylaxis that occurred in NHS hospitals during one year (5 November 2015 to 5 November 2016) were collected for the audit and 48% of the 266 cases …
Journal Title: British Medical Journal
Year Published: 2018
Link to full text (if available)
Share on Social Media: Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!