Massive tongue edema from an allergic reaction to an antibiotic: epinephrine may avert need for endotracheal intubation

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Won Chee
Department of Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center & Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, New York, 10467

Abstract

Massive tongue edema from allergic reaction to medications raises a serious concern for maintaining adequate respiration as well as establishing endotracheal intubation.  The necessity for airway intervention depends on the extent of airway edema, particularly the involvement to the laryngeal areas. Administration of subcutaneous epinephrine may rapidly decrease swelling of the tongue and may avert complications of airway intervention.

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CHEE, Won. Massive tongue edema from an allergic reaction to an antibiotic: epinephrine may avert need for endotracheal intubation. Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], n. 2, apr. 2015. ISSN 2375-1924. Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/74>. Date accessed: 03 dec. 2024.
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Keywords
tongue edema; epinephrine, intubation
Issue
No 2 (2015)
Section
Case Reports

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