Anaphylactic reaction to ethylene oxide in a hemodialysis patient

We present the case of a patient who developed a severe systemic allergic reaction during initiation of hemodialysis. The reaction completely resolved by switching the dialysis filter sterilized by ethylene oxide to a steam sterilized filter. Ethylene oxide is used to sterilize heat sensitive medica...

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Autores principales: Akhavan, Bobak J, Osborn, Ugochi A, Mathew, Reeba
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6429644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30915221
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X19838744
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description We present the case of a patient who developed a severe systemic allergic reaction during initiation of hemodialysis. The reaction completely resolved by switching the dialysis filter sterilized by ethylene oxide to a steam sterilized filter. Ethylene oxide is used to sterilize heat sensitive medical devices, and although allergic reactions related to ethylene oxide have been reported before, awareness is lacking among providers in the inpatient setting, specifically in the intensive care unit setting.
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spelling pubmed-64296442019-03-26 Anaphylactic reaction to ethylene oxide in a hemodialysis patient Akhavan, Bobak J Osborn, Ugochi A Mathew, Reeba SAGE Open Med Case Rep Case Report We present the case of a patient who developed a severe systemic allergic reaction during initiation of hemodialysis. The reaction completely resolved by switching the dialysis filter sterilized by ethylene oxide to a steam sterilized filter. Ethylene oxide is used to sterilize heat sensitive medical devices, and although allergic reactions related to ethylene oxide have been reported before, awareness is lacking among providers in the inpatient setting, specifically in the intensive care unit setting. SAGE Publications 2019-03-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6429644/ /pubmed/30915221 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X19838744 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Anaphylactic reaction to ethylene oxide in a hemodialysis patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6429644/
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