Open AccessCaution in diagnosing angioedema as anaphylaxis
Author(s) -
Shivam Patel,
Robin Mathew,
Sanjeev Bhoi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2019-230329
Subject(s) - angioedema , medicine , anaphylaxis , emergency department , hereditary angioedema , presentation (obstetrics) , bradykinin , fresh frozen plasma , intensive care medicine , c1 inhibitor , allergy , dermatology , surgery , immunology , platelet , receptor , psychiatry
Angioedema is one of the commonest life-threatening conditions with good outcome timely definitive treatment. However, failure to recognise the common presentation of an uncommon bradykinin-mediated angioedema in time may lead to fatal outcome in the emergency department (ED). We report a case of a 79-year-old male patient who presented to ED with features of ACE inhibitor-induced angioedema which was identified and resuscitated by the emergency physician with use of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) leading to prompt recovery and good outcome.