Open AccessCow’s milk allergens as an infrequent cause of anaphylaxis to systemic corticosteroids
Author(s) -
Savvatianos Savvas,
Giavi Staxroula,
Stefanaki Evangelina,
Siragakis George,
Manousakis Emmanouil,
Papadopoulos Nikolaos G
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical and translational allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2045-7022
DOI - 10.1186/2045-7022-1-s1-p18
Subject(s) - medicine , anaphylaxis , allergy , systemic reaction , immunology
Case 1 A 9-year-old boy with a history of severe persistent cow’s milk allergy (CMA) was seen at the Emergency Department due to a virus-induced asthma exacerbation presented with wheezing and moderate dyspnea. The boy was administered nebulized salbutamol and 40mg of MP intravenously. Wheezing deteriorated, so the boy was given another course of the same medication. Within a few minutes the patient acutely collapsed, with hypotension, cyanosis and respiratory arrest and had to be immediately transferred to the IC Unit, where he was injected epinephrine and was intubated.