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[Protamine allergy in heart surgery]
Charlotte Svejstrup Madsen1, Peter Appel Pallesen, Claus Andersen
1Odense Universitetshospital, thorax-karkirurgisk afdeling T, anaestesiologisk afdeling V, DK-5000 Odense C.
Ugeskrift for Laeger
|October 5, 2002
Abstract:
A 68-year-old woman was admitted for open heart surgery. She had no history of allergy, but had suffered acute heart failure after having received protamine twice. Possible predisposition to adverse reactions is discussed and ways of reducing adverse reactions to protamine are suggested.