title: Targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest with anaphylaxis.
abstract: Fatal anaphylaxis is uncommon but not rare. Extrapolated mortality rates are 0.52% of total anaphylaxis patients Bock et al. (Jan. 2001) [1]. Nevertheless, compared with the incidence of the other cardiac arrest events, the incidence of cardiac arrest due to anaphylaxis is relatively small. As a result, the effect using targeted temperature management after anaphylaxis is not clearly understood. We report the case of a 63-year-old man who developed cardiac arrest after ingestion of two pieces of peach. He was resuscitated and his circulation returned spontaneously after approximately 11min of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but he was unresponsive and had fixed dilated pupils. We initiated therapeutic hypothermia on the basis of protocol for 24h. The patient was gradually and successfully cooled and rewarmed. The patient opened his eyes spontaneously on day 5, obeyed commands on day 6, and was discharged on day 18. At the time of discharge, he had no neurologic deficiencies or other complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: limleeem@catholic.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Woon Jeong
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: md.kim.daehee@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Dae Hee
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seon Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Hwan
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Seol
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Pill
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000732:Androstanols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005283:Fentanyl / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008874:Midazolam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D003473:Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000068239:Prunus persica / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017694:Rewarming / Q000379:methods*; D000077123:Rocuronium; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000732:Androstanols; D003473:Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents; D008874:Midazolam; D005283:Fentanyl; D000077123:Rocuronium
keywords: Anaphylaxis; Cardiac arrest; Targeted temperature management