title: A fatal case of intravascular coagulation after bee sting acupuncture.
abstract: Bee stings can cause severe adverse reactions, leading to anaphylaxis, cardiovascular collapse, and death. In some cases, bee venom also induces disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). However, to our knowledge, there has been no fatal case of intravascular coagulation accompanied by anaphylaxis caused by bee sting acupuncture. Here, we report a fatal case of a 65-year-old woman with DIC, following anaphylactic shock after bee sting acupuncture. This case emphasizes that practitioners should consider anaphylaxis followed by coagulation abnormalities when a patient's vital signs are unstable after bee sting acupuncture.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Eun Ju
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Jeong Wook
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Chol
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jong Wook
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Jae Yeol
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: In Won
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Byoung Whui
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Choi