General and Spinal Anesthetic Experiences in a Patient Suspected with a History of Anaphylactic Reaction to Muscle Relaxants: A case report / 대한마취과학회지

ABSTRACT

The use of anesthetic agents may induce a certain number of anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions. Anesthesiologists, therefore, are well advised to develop a rational approach to minimize risks and evaluate patients who present with histories of allergic drug reactions in the perioperative period. A 63-year-old female patient was withdrawn from operation due to anaphylactic reaction or life-threatening anaphylactoid reaction occurred during induction of anesthesia and successfully resuscitated. Thereafter, skin prick test to anesthetics including intravenous agents such as thiopental, propofol, ketamine, fentanyl and lidocaine, and muscle relaxants such as succinylcholine, vecuronium and atracurium revealed positive reactions to all the tested muscle relaxants. Next anesthetic experience was done for microvascular decompression surgery without use of muscle relaxants. Two years later, she underwent lumbar laminectomy successfully under isobaric spinal anesthesia using tetracaine.