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Management of cold-induced urticaria during cardiac surgery
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BA. karen.booth@belfasttrust.hscni.net
Abstract:
General body cooling and local hypothermia during cardiopulmonary bypass in theory could precipitate a severe systemic anaphylaxis in the case of cold-induced urticaria. We present a case of cold-induced urticaria and describe how preanesthetic single-dose steroid, H(2) antagonist, and antihistamine, normothermic retrograde, and antegrade cardioplegia administration were all employed with normothermic conditions in the prevention of life-threatening anaphylaxis during coronary artery bypass grafting.
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