SHOCK ANAFILÁCTICO ATÍPICO PERIOPERATORIO. PRESENTACIÓN DE UN CASO Y REVISIÓN DE LA LITERATURA / Perioperative atypical anaphylactic shock: report of a case and review of the literature

The shock is a potentially fatal condition in which arterial blood pressure is too low to sustain thevital functions of the body. It is the consequence a serious arterial hypotension caused by adecrease in the volume of circulating blood, an inadequate pumping of the heart or an excessiverelaxation (dilatation) of the blood vessel walls. The case of a serious anaphylactic shock in theperioperative period of an incisional abdominal hernioplasty in a patient suffering from heart diseaseis presented. The precise diagnosis was delayed due to the presence of atypical manifestations andthe lack of information concerning the patient’s history of allergy to cephazolin, which was used asantibiotic prophylaxis.