title: Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors and anaphylactoid reactions to high-flux membrane dialysis.
abstract: In a retrospective study, 9 of 236 haemodialysis patients treated with high-flux polyacrylonitrile 'AN 69' membranes were found to have had anaphylactoid reactions. Treatment with angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors had been recently started in all 9 affected patients; only 5 of 227 unaffected patients had been treated with ACE inhibitors, and anaphylactoid reactions disappeared after discontinuation of ACE inhibitors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Verresen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waer
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Vanrenterghem
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Michielsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006440:Hemofiltration / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors