| Abstract | There has been little information about anesthesia for a patient with a history of multiple drug allergies. We gave anesthesia for a 32-year-old woman with polyarteritis nodosa and history of multiple drug allergies. She was scheduled to undergo bilateral tonsilectomy. We could not perform the preoperative screening of the drugs using a dermal test because of a high risk of anaphylactic shock. Anesthesia was induced with sevoflurane and nitrous oxide and maintained with sevoflurane, nitrous oxide, and fentanyl. The intra- and postoperative course was uneventful. It is important to inquire history of allergies adequately for preoperative recognition of allergens. General anesthesia with sevoflurane would be useful for a patient with history of multiple drug allergies. |
| Authors | Tadanori Terada, Kouichiro Minami, Munehiro Shiraishi, Takafumi Horishita, Takeyoshi Sata
(Affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Kitakyushu.)
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| Journal | Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
(Masui)
Vol. 55
Issue 12
Pg. 1484-6
(Dec 2006)
ISSN: 0021-4892 Japan |
| PMID | 17190321
(Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)
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| Topics |
- Adult
- Anesthesia, General
(methods)
- Drug Hypersensitivity
(complications)
- Female
- Humans
- Polyarteritis Nodosa
(complications)
- Tonsillectomy
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