Allergic reactions to anaesthetics : clinical and basic aspects
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Allergic reactions to anaesthetics : clinical and basic aspects
(Monographs in allergy, vol. 30)
Karger, 1992
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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This interdisciplinary volume covers a wide spectrum of topics associated with the largely life-threatening reactions which may occur during general anaesthesia. Focus is placed on anaphylactic/anaphylactoid reactions and anaesthesia-related liver disease. Leading international authorities discuss the epidemiology, clinical aspects and therapy of these reactions as well as their possible prevention by new screening tests. Special attention is given to the immunological mechanisms which underlie allergic reactions and the possible contribution of nonimmune mechanisms. Both the clinical and the experimentally-based findings are analyzed with the aim of establishing links between them. In addition, the book addresses important issues in treatment, covers areas which are ill-defined or not generally known, and tackles controversial questions including discussion of medico-legal and economic issues.
Table of Contents
- Highlights of controversial issues in anaesthetic reactions, E.S.K. Assem
- mechanisms of anaphylactic reactions to muscle relaxants - role of allergenic determinants, J. Birnbaum and D. Vervloet
- anaphylactoid reactions to neuromuscular blockers - major role of IgE antibodies and possible contribution of IgE-independent mechanisms, E.S.K. Assem
- activation of human mast cells and basophils by general anaesthetic drugs, G. Marone and C. Stellato
- laboratory histamine measurements to study type 1 adverse allergic/pseudoallergic reactions to agents used in anaesthesia and surgery, M. Ennis
- biological tests for diagnosing the IgE-mediated allergy to anaesthetic drugs, J.L. Gueant et al
- markers and mechanisms of anaphylactoid reactions, J. Watkins
- diagnosis and treatment of anaphylactic/anaphylactoid reactions, J.H. Levy and R. Levi
- skin tests in diagnosis of allergy to muscle relaxants and other anaesthetic drugs, D.A. Moneret-Vautrin and M.C. Laxenaire
- predictive check-up for risk of anaphylactoid shock in anaesthesia, D.A. Moneret-Vautrin and M.C. Laxenaire
- anaesthetic allergy and prospective radioallergosorbent testing, T.M.S. Reid et al
- anaesthesia-related liver disease, G.L.A. Bird and R. Williams
- statistical aspects of pre-operative screening for anaesthetic allergies, C. Goutis
- allergic reactions to anaesthetics - economic aspects of pre-operative screening, J. Roberts
- legal liability for anaphylactic shock, C. Newdick.
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