Microalbuminuria following anaphylaxis with general anaesthesia

Microalbuminuria is increasingly recognized as a marker of pathologies that cause acute systemic capillary leak. We report a case of an anaphylactic r eaction to general anaesthesia involving cardiac arrest. In this case the u rinary excretion of albumin following resuscitation suggests that severe an aphylaxis is another condition for which microalbuminuria is a sensitive mo nitor.