People with a history of allergic-like reactions to iodinated contrast media, which is used in a variety of X-ray-based procedures, such as CT and angiography, are susceptible to similar reactions from commonly used MRI contrast agents, according to a large, eight-year study published in the ...
Fatal reaction to gadopen-tetate dimeglumine. AJR 1995;164:743-744 10. Meuli RA, Maeder P. Life-threatening anaphylac-toid reaction after IV injection of gadoteratemeglumine. (letter) AJR 1996;166:729Bracco DiagnosticsPrinceton. Indeed
I've heard the term "anaphylactoid" applied to contrast agent reactions. What is the difference between this and "anaphylactic"? The termanaphylaxisrefers to an acute allergic reaction to a drug, food, or other foreign material (theallergen). Clinical characteristics include involvement of the skin...
Where such an allergic reaction possibility is identified, there are a number of steps that may be taken to manage or mitigate the risk of a severe reaction to the substance being used. Such steps may include the selection of an another appropriate contrast medium or using other imaging or di...
In vitro method for prognosis or diagnosis of an allergic reaction, in a patient, to a contrast agent used during imaging techniques in a blood sample obtained from the patient, comprises: (a) contacting the blood sample or a portion of the sample with the contrast agent and incubating; (b...
CSF will demonstrate pleocytosis and high protein levels with normal glucose.13 CSF cultures and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays are useful in trying to determine the causative agent. However, a specific virus is implicated less than 50% of the time.14 Although mentioned in the 2013 ...
Fungi contribute tosinusitisin two ways.Invasive fungal infectionsaffectingimmunocompromised hosts, such as patients withneutropenia, diabetes mellitus and AIDS are discussed in Chapter 178. In contrast,allergic fungal sinusitisis believed to be an allergic reaction to aerosolized environmental fungi, includ...
He coined the term "allergic aspergillosis of paranasal sinuses" as the mucus from sinuses of these patients histologically simulated the mucus plugs expectorated by ABPA patients and patients demonstrating a type I hypersensitivity reaction to A. fumigatus. In 1983, Katzenstein analyzed the sinus ...
with ASD. However, a lack of robust laboratory models prevents mechanistic research from being carried out. We developed a novel mouse model of maternal asthma-allergy (MAA) and previously reported that offspring from these mothers exhibit behavioral deficits compared to controls. In addition, it ...
[1]. Therefore, asthma is still a majorpublic healthconcern that affects thequality of lifeand causes a huge financial and social burden. Chronic allergicairway inflammationis the central component of asthma. The airways exhibit a strong or untimely contraction reaction (airway hyperresponsiveness) to...