In message <[log in to unmask]>, Jel Coward
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>Hi all
>I saw someone given about 1.6mg of subcut adrenaline for bee sting
>anaphylaxis recently. He was on propranolol. Had persistent
>bradycardia of 30 - and then developed hypertension (diastolic pushed up
>to about 140 I think).
>Jel Coward
Vaguely remember at a meeting some years back that histamine acting on
cardiac H2 receptors can cause profound resistant bradycardia in
anaphylaxis. A case for retaining iv ranitidine in the emergency drug
cupboard?
Goat
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