Supraventricular Tachycardia: An Unusual Side Effects of Cefuroxime

Yeap Boon Tat; Yeoh Boon Seng; Rajesh Kumar Muniandy

doi:10.51200/bjms.v13i2.1134

Supraventricular Tachycardia: An Unusual Side Effects of Cefuroxime

Authors

Yeap Boon Tat Senior Lecturer Anaesthesiology
Yeoh Boon Seng
Rajesh Kumar Muniandy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v13i2.1134

Keywords:

supraventricular tachycardia, cefuroxime, anaphylaxis

Abstract

Anaphylactic reaction towards antibiotics is common during anaesthesia. It may present as bronchospasm, hypotension, desaturation, or urticarial. However it is uncommon for anaphylaxis reaction to present only as
supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). This is a rare interesting case report on a 23-year-old healthy man whose anaesthetic categorization is American Society of Anaesthesiologist (ASA) 1, developed supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) towards intravenous cefuroxime, perioperatively. His condition resolved with carotid sinus massage. No pharmacological interventions were used. His skin prick intradermal tests showed allergies towards cefuroxime, cefazoline and cefoperazone. The patient subsequently underwent.

Author Biographies

Yeap Boon Tat, Senior Lecturer Anaesthesiology

Department of Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
Universiti Malaysia Sabah,
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Yeoh Boon Seng

Department of Physiology,
School of Medical Sciences,
Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia,
Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

Rajesh Kumar Muniandy

Department of Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
Universiti Malaysia Sabah,
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

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Published

2019-05-28

How to Cite

Tat, Y. B., Boon Seng, Y., & Muniandy, R. K. (2019). Supraventricular Tachycardia: An Unusual Side Effects of Cefuroxime. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS), 13(2), 35. https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v13i2.1134

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Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2019): BORNEO JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES VOLUME 13, ISSUE 2, MAY 2019

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Case report

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