Sodium nitroprusside and toxic epidermal necrolysis

Kilic M., Ozturk F., Genc G., Guner S. N., Yıldız L., SANCAK R.

ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY, vol.30, no.3, pp.243-245, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Journal Name: ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.243-245
  • Keywords: sodium nitroprusside, toxic epidermal necrolysis, hypertension, drug allergy, child, STEVENS-JOHNSON-SYNDROME, CHILDREN
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Sodium nitroprusside (SNP) is one of the most widely used parenteral antihypertensive agents in severe hypertension management. Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a rare, mostly drug-induced, severe muco-cutoneous reaction with various complications and high mortality.