Table 1.

Characteristics of anaphylactic reactions

Series number	H/O Allergy	Allergen causing reaction	Onset time	CPR	Grade of Severity	Proceed to surgery?	Hospital stay primary op	Time to re-operation	Hospital stay second op
1	NKDA	Co-amoxiclav	70 min. PI	N	II	N	1	36 days	15
2	Penicillin	Blood products	Post op CICU	N	II	Y	12	-	-
3	Penicillin	Co-amoxiclav	40 min. PI	N	II	N	2	5 months	9
4	NKDA	Co-amoxiclav or tranexamic acid	41 min. PI	N	II	Y	7	-	-
5	NKDA	Pancuronium	2 min. PI	N	II	N	?	1.5 months	?
6	Latex	Chlorhexidine or latex	28 min. PI	N	III	N	2	2 months	5
7	NKDA	Penicillin	2 min. PI	N	III	N	36	14 months	14
8	NKDA	Co-amoxiclav	51 min. PI	N	III	N	3	6 day	5
9	NKDA	Chlorhexidine	12 min. PI	N	III	N	1	3 months	7
10	Penicillin	Unknown potentially Chlorhexidine	31 min. PI	N	III	N	3	1.5 months	6
11	Statins	Gelofusine	11 min. PI	N	III	Y	10	-	-
12	NKDA	Flucloxacillin or pancuronium	Post op OR	N	III	Y	?	-	-
13	NKDA	Gelofusine	14 min. PI	N	III	Y	6	-	-
14	NKDA	Gelofusine	11 min. onto CPB	N	III	Y	10	-	-
15	Penicillin	Rocuronium	5 min. PI	Y	IV	N	8*	4 days	NDH
16	Chlorhexidine	Chlorhexidine	23 min. PI	Y	IV	N	7*	1 day	NDH
17	NKDA	Suxamethonium	7 min. PI	Y	IV	Y	?	-	-
18	NKDA	Gelofusine	13 min. onto CPB	N	IV	N	4	18 months	7
19	NKDA	Gelofusine or rocuronium	30 min PI	Y	IV	Y	26	-	-

NKDA – No known drug allergies, PI - Post induction, CICU – Cardiac intensive care unit, CPR - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, NDH - Not discharged home, CPB - Cardiopulmonary bypass, OR - Operating theatre, N – No, Y - Yes. ? indicates missing data. * indicates two cases who were cancelled at time of event but not discharged home until having their operation