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Anaphylactic reaction associated with Ranitidine in a patient with acute pancreatitis: a case report
Ranitidine is a widely used drug and is known to be well tolerated. This case report illustrates a severe anaphylactic reaction after a single intravenous dose of 50 mgs of ranitidine and highlights this unusual but life threatening adverse reaction. A 56 year old female with acute pancreatitis and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2018711/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17764559 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-75 |
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description | Ranitidine is a widely used drug and is known to be well tolerated. This case report illustrates a severe anaphylactic reaction after a single intravenous dose of 50 mgs of ranitidine and highlights this unusual but life threatening adverse reaction. A 56 year old female with acute pancreatitis and a known allergy to metronidazole and buscopan developed an anaphylaxis few minutes following the injection of ranitidine for epigastric discomfort. She went on to develop anaphylactic shock and a cardiorespiratory arrest. She was managed with adrenaline, hydrocortisone and ventilatory support following which she had a full recovery. Awareness of this rare but life threatening adverse reaction to a commonly used drug can avoid being caught unaware. |
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spelling | pubmed-20187112007-10-12 Anaphylactic reaction associated with Ranitidine in a patient with acute pancreatitis: a case report Rethnam, Ulfin Yesupalan, Rajam Sheeja J Med Case Reports Case Report Ranitidine is a widely used drug and is known to be well tolerated. This case report illustrates a severe anaphylactic reaction after a single intravenous dose of 50 mgs of ranitidine and highlights this unusual but life threatening adverse reaction. A 56 year old female with acute pancreatitis and a known allergy to metronidazole and buscopan developed an anaphylaxis few minutes following the injection of ranitidine for epigastric discomfort. She went on to develop anaphylactic shock and a cardiorespiratory arrest. She was managed with adrenaline, hydrocortisone and ventilatory support following which she had a full recovery. Awareness of this rare but life threatening adverse reaction to a commonly used drug can avoid being caught unaware. BioMed Central 2007-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC2018711/ /pubmed/17764559 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-75 Text en Copyright © 2007 Rethnam and Yesupalan; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Rethnam, Ulfin Yesupalan, Rajam Sheeja Anaphylactic reaction associated with Ranitidine in a patient with acute pancreatitis: a case report |
title | Anaphylactic reaction associated with Ranitidine in a patient with acute pancreatitis: a case report |
title_full | Anaphylactic reaction associated with Ranitidine in a patient with acute pancreatitis: a case report |
title_fullStr | Anaphylactic reaction associated with Ranitidine in a patient with acute pancreatitis: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Anaphylactic reaction associated with Ranitidine in a patient with acute pancreatitis: a case report |
title_short | Anaphylactic reaction associated with Ranitidine in a patient with acute pancreatitis: a case report |
title_sort | anaphylactic reaction associated with ranitidine in a patient with acute pancreatitis: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2018711/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17764559 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-75 |
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