Grave Acidosis After Severe Anaphylactic Bronchospasm: Friend or Foe?
From: Department of Anaesthesiology, Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. morten@pytte.no
Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
- Publish Date: Apr 2007
- ISSN: 0001-5172
- Volume: 51
- Issue: 4
- Pages: 495-500
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Pytte M, Opdahl H, Skaga N O, et al. Grave Acidosis After Severe Anaphylactic Bronchospasm: Friend or Foe?. Apr 2007;51:495-500
Abstract
In a 20-year-old woman with known asthma, anaphylactic bronchospasm induced a grave combined respiratory and metabolic acidosis (pH(a) 6.66) with marked hypoxaemia (S(a)O(2) 45%). The beneficial effects of the rightward shift of the oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve on tissue O(2) unloading at such pH was more than offset by the negative effect on S(a)O(2) at the reduced P(a)O(2) (7.0 kPa) found in this patient. This case illustrates the detrimental effect of grave acidosis on arterial blood oxygen content at subnormal P(a)O(2) values, the beneficial effect of a supranormal P(a)O(2) on the S(a)O(2) in such patients, and the rapid remission rate of life-threatening acidosis and blood lactate after adequate ventilation and tissue oxygenation were secured. The initial treatment of the patient and clinically relevant considerations are discussed.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Acidosis, Adult, Anaphylaxis, Anoxia, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Asthma, Blood Gas Analysis, Blood Glucose, Blood Pressure, Bronchial Spasm, Bronchodilator Agents, Critical Care, Female, Heart Rate, Histamine H2 Antagonists, Humans, Intubation, Intratracheal, Lactic Acid, Nut Hypersensitivity, Oxygen, Positive-Pressure Respiration, Severity of Illness Index
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