anaphylactic shock

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anaphylactic shock

a severe, sometimes fatal, reaction to a substance to which a person has an extreme sensitivity, often involving respiratory difficulty and circulation failure

anaphylactic shock [¦an·ə·fə¦lak·tik ′shäk]

(medicine)

A syndrome seen as one of the clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis.

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No references found			All of the cases of anaphylactic shock were linked to a single batch or 172,000 doses of Aprepanrix vaccines made by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) distributed starting November 2, said Caroline Grondin, a spokeswoman for Canada's health ministry. Six bad reactions to swine flu vaccine in Canada: official by AFP / AFP American Edition All of the cases of anaphylactic shock were linked to a single batch or 172,000 doses of Aprepanrix vaccines made by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) distributed starting November 2, said Caroline Grondin, a spokeswoman for Canada's health ministry. Six bad reactions to swine flu vaccine in Canada: official by AFP / AFP Global Edition The verdict at the inquest in Milford Haven was that Mr Moody, of Littlehaven, Pembrokeshire, died of an anaphylactic shock. Wasp sting killed dad; INQUEST by The Mirror (London, England)			Anand, Mulk Raj Ananda Anandavardhana Ananev Ananev, Anatolii Ananev, Anatolii Andreevich Ananev, Boris Ananev, Boris Gerasimovich Ananian, Vakhtang Ananian, Vakhtang Stepanovich Ananias Ananias Club Ananiasz Zajaczkowski Ananiia Shirakatsi Ananino Culture Ananites Ananke Anant Chaturdashi Ananuri Anapa anapaite anapeirean anaphase anaphase-promoting complex anaphoresis anaphylactic shock anaphylactoid reaction anaphylatoxin Anaphylaxis anaplasia Anaplasma Anaplasmataceae Anaplasmosis Anaplotheriidae Anaplotherioidea anapolysis anapophysis Anapsid Skull Anapsida Anarajapura Anarchism anarchist Anarchist International Anarchosyndicalism anarchy Anarchy of Production Anarhichadidae Anarov, Allia anasarca Anasazi culture Anasazi State Park Museum			anaphoras anaphoresis anaphoresis anaphoresis anaphoria anaphoric anaphoric pronoun anaphoric relation anaphorically anaphors anaphrodisia anaphrodisia anaphrodisiac anaphrodisiac anaphrodisiacs anaphrodisiacs Anaphroditic anaphylactic anaphylactic anaphylactic anaphylactic antibody anaphylactic antibody anaphylactic antibody anaphylactic hypersensitivity anaphylactic hypersensitivity Anaphylactic reaction Anaphylactic reaction Anaphylactic reaction Anaphylactic reaction Anaphylactic reaction anaphylactic shock anaphylactically anaphylactically anaphylactically anaphylactogen anaphylactogenesis anaphylactoid anaphylactoid anaphylactoid anaphylactoid anaphylactoid purpura anaphylactoid purpura anaphylactoid purpura anaphylactoid reaction anaphylactoid reaction anaphylactoid reaction anaphylactoid reaction anaphylactoid reaction Anaphylactoid reactions Anaphylactoid reactions Anaphylactoid reactions anaphylactoid shock Anaphylactoid-Inflammation-Promoting Factor anaphylatoxin anaphylatoxin anaphylatoxin inhibitor anaphylatoxin inhibitor Anaphylatoxins Anaphylatoxins Anaphylaxic shock Anaphylaxic shock

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