title: [Analysis of 59 Anaphylactic Death Cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the cases of anaphylactic death cases and explore the standards of judicial expertise of anaphylactic death for providing evidence for judicial expertise.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-nine cases death due to allergic reaction in Shanghai were collected. And details of medical history, clinical manifestation of anaphylactic reaction and postmortem examination findings were reviewed for all cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the 59 cases, there were 58 cases died from drug allergy, including 77.6% of them were antibiotics. The rates of treating in standard hospital and illegal clinic were 37.3% and 61.0%, respectively. The allergic symptoms were dyspnea and facial cyanosis. The time from contacting allergens to death ranged from 1 min to 3 d. The concentration of total serum IgE ranged from 50 to 576.92 IU/mL. The results of clinical manifestation and pathological anatomy had obviously changes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on the exclusion of all other cause of death and synthetically analysis of details of cases, medical history, clinical manifestation and anatomy, the conclusion of anaphylactic death can reached. The details of cases including clinical history, exposure to allergens, and clinical manifestation play an important role in diagnosis of anaphylactic death.
authors.forename: Zheng-dong
authors.initials: ZD
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wing-guo
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zi-qin
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yi-wen
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Yi-jiu
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000401:mortality*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D001344:Autopsy; D002681:China; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000401:mortality*; D044707:Forensic Sciences; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents