Anesthetic agents are an important cause of drug anaphylaxis, with neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBA) being a common cause of intraoperative anaphylaxis. Cisatracurium, a stereoisomer of atracurium, is the most recent NMBA, which was believed to have no histamine-releasing potential, and therefore, cause less allergic reactions than other NMBA. Although there have been several cases of severe anaphylactic rea...
CJ is a post-doc fellow (SFRH/BPD/115169/2016) funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), reimbursed by Fundo Social Europeu and by national funds of MCTES. This work was funded by ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) through the operations: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029130 ('mINSPIRERS—mHealth to measure and improve adherence to medication in chronic obstructive respiratory diseases—generalisation and...