SEVERE HYPOTENSION, BRONCHOSPASM, AND URTICARIA FROM INTRAVENOUS INDIGO CARMINE

Authors
NAITOH J FOX BM
Citation
J. Naitoh et Bm. Fox, SEVERE HYPOTENSION, BRONCHOSPASM, AND URTICARIA FROM INTRAVENOUS INDIGO CARMINE, Urology, 44(2), 1994, pp. 271-272
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Urology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00904295
Volume
44
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
271 - 272
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-4295(1994)44:2<271:SHBAUF>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Indigo carmine is generally believed to be a safe, biologically inert substance. Adverse reactions to the intravenous administration of this dye have been seen only rarely. We report a life-threatening anaphyla ctoid reaction to indigo carmine that may have been due to either a dr ug allergy or to its intrinsic serotinergic properties.