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Ceftriaxone-induced Kounis syndrome presenting with arrhythmia: a case report and literature review from a resource-limited setting. [PDF]

open access: yesAnn Med Surg (Lond)
Ayen AA   +9 more
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Treatment of Kounis Syndrome

International Journal of Cardiology, 2010
Kounis syndrome is potentially a life-threatening medical emergency with both a severe allergic reaction and acute coronary syndrome. Most of the information about this syndrome has come from the case reports. The management of these patients may be challenging for clinicians, and unfortunately guidelines have not been established yet. In this article,
Kenneth Nugent, Cihan Cevik
exaly   +3 more sources

Kounis Syndrome and Ziprasidone

American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2017
Kounis syndrome (KS), described by Kounis and Zavras in 1991, is the manifestation of an allergic reaction preceding and leading to an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). There are three variants of Kounis Syndrome. Here we describe a novel case report of a type 1 variant secondary to Ziprasidone.
Basem F Khishfe
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Kounis syndrome: an underestimated emergency

European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2023
Background. Kounis syndrome (KS) is defined as a rare cause of an acute coronary syndrome associated with systemic allergic reactions. To establish the prevalence of KS among the patients with diagnosis of anaphylaxis, we described clinical features, cardiological and allergological outcomes of patients evaluated in our allergy outpatient clinic ...
Zisa, G   +5 more
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Kounis Syndrome

Southern Medical Journal, 2010
The association between acute coronary events and acute allergic reactions has been recognized for several years. The first reported case occurred in 1950, during an allergic reaction to penicillin. In 1991, Kounis and Zavras described the syndrome of allergic angina and allergic myocardial infarction, currently known as Kounis syndrome.
Lopez, Pablo R., Peiris, Alan N.
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Kounis syndrome

Medicina Intensiva (English Edition), 2012
Kounis syndrome was described in 1991 by Kounis and Zavras as the coincidental occurrence of acute coronary syndromes with allergic reactions (anaphylactic or anaphylactoid). Today, allergic angina and allergic myocardial infarction are referred to as Kounis syndrome, and the latter has been reported in association with a variety of drugs, insect ...
P, Rico Cepeda   +2 more
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Current Understanding of Kounis Syndrome

Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, 2010
Inflammatory mediators, adhesion molecules of neutrophils and monocytes, have been shown to be increased in the plasma of patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes. Anaphylaxis is a systemic, immediate hypersensitivity reaction caused by rapid IgE-mediated release of mediators from mast cells and basophils.
Murat Biteker
exaly   +3 more sources

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