Anaphylactic reaction to intravenous diclofenac

Diclofenac sodium is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug widely used as an opioid sparing agent for postoperative analgesia. Anaphylaxis due to intravenous diclofenac sodium is very rare. We report a case of anaphylactic reaction to IV diclofenac sodium, occurring postoperatively in a 25-year-old...

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Main Authors:	Singh, Ranju, Bansal, Deepak, Baduni, Neha, Vajifdar, Homay
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Medknow Publications 2011
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097540/

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spelling	pubmed-30975402011-06-01 Anaphylactic reaction to intravenous diclofenac Singh, Ranju Bansal, Deepak Baduni, Neha Vajifdar, Homay Case Report Diclofenac sodium is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug widely used as an opioid sparing agent for postoperative analgesia. Anaphylaxis due to intravenous diclofenac sodium is very rare. We report a case of anaphylactic reaction to IV diclofenac sodium, occurring postoperatively in a 25-year-old primigravida, the clinical features of which mimicked pulmonary embolism. The rarity, clinical importance and the diagnostic dilemma associated prompted us to report this case. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3097540/ /pubmed/21633544 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.78222 Text en © Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Singh, Ranju Bansal, Deepak Baduni, Neha Vajifdar, Homay
spellingShingle	Singh, Ranju Bansal, Deepak Baduni, Neha Vajifdar, Homay Anaphylactic reaction to intravenous diclofenac
author_facet	Singh, Ranju Bansal, Deepak Baduni, Neha Vajifdar, Homay
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title	Anaphylactic reaction to intravenous diclofenac
title_short	Anaphylactic reaction to intravenous diclofenac
title_full	Anaphylactic reaction to intravenous diclofenac
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title_full_unstemmed	Anaphylactic reaction to intravenous diclofenac
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description	Diclofenac sodium is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug widely used as an opioid sparing agent for postoperative analgesia. Anaphylaxis due to intravenous diclofenac sodium is very rare. We report a case of anaphylactic reaction to IV diclofenac sodium, occurring postoperatively in a 25-year-old primigravida, the clinical features of which mimicked pulmonary embolism. The rarity, clinical importance and the diagnostic dilemma associated prompted us to report this case.
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Anaphylactic reaction to intravenous diclofenac

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