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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 29, 20-25, Copyright © 1980 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema and peripheral vascular collapse following cardiopulmonary bypass: rare protamine reaction?

GN Olinger, RM Becker and LI Bonchek

Four instances of severe anaphylactoid reaction occurring subsequent to cardiopulmonary bypass are described. These catastrophic reactions, from which 2 patients died, took place approximately an hour following administration of protamine and were characterized by marked peripheral vasodilatation, loss of capillary membrane integrity, and fulminant noncardiogenic pulmonary edema. Primary cardiac depression was not evident. We hypothesize that protamine was the causative agent in these unusually severe reactions. Differential diagnosis from other causes of acute cardiorespiratory dysfunction depended on early assessment of pulmonary artery and left ventricular filling pressures, cardiac output, respiratory mechanics, and arterial blood gases. Therapy was difficult; success in 1 of the patients seemed to have been effected in part by prompt administration of high-dose corticosteroids and maintenance of peripheral vascular tone with an alpha-adrenergic agonist.

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