Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 9 , Pages 358-360, September 2007

Anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions

William A English, MRCP, FRCA, is Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia at the Bristol School of Anaesthesia. He qualified from the University of Nottingham and has an interest in intensive care medicine

Julian M Brown, MRCP, FRCA, DICM, is Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Frenchay hospital, Bristol. He qualified from the University of Birmingham and his areas of special interest are neuroanaesthesia and neurocritical care

Abstract 

Anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions are an important area of anaesthesia and critical care medicine. Clinically they may be indistinguishable, and the immediate management for both conditions is identical. Immediate recognition and appropriate management are vital to prevent death. The aims of testing are to confirm an anaphylactic or anaphylactoid reaction, to identify the causative agent and to test for cross-reactivity with other related agents. Testing is complex and should be supervised by a clinical immunologist.

Keywords: anaphylactic reactions, anaphylactoid reactions, immunoglobulin

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PII: S1472-0299(07)00152-X

doi:10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.07.003

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 9 , Pages 358-360, September 2007

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