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Perioperative Management of a Patient with Cold Urticaria
Priscilla Agbenyefia1, Lance A Shilliam2, Nicoleta Stoicea1
1Department of Anesthesiology, OSU Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States.
Abstract:
Cold urticaria consists of an allergic immune response to cold temperatures with symptoms ranging from pruritic wheals to life-threatening angioedema, bronchospasm, or anaphylactic shock. Adequate planning to maintain normothermia perioperatively is vital due to impaired hypothalamic thermoregulation and overall depression of sympathetic outflow during deep sedation and general anesthesia. This case report describes the successful perioperative management of a 45-year-old female with a history of cold urticaria undergoing a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease and discusses how to appropriately optimize the care of these patients.
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