A rare distributive shock diagnosed only by medical history and inspection

Ayaka Kamada; Takayuki Komatsu; Suguru Asako; Keiko Mizuno; Hiroki Takami; Tomohisa Nomura; Manabu Sugita

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6746

Clinical Case Reports (Dec 2022)

A rare distributive shock diagnosed only by medical history and inspection

Ayaka Kamada,
Takayuki Komatsu,
Suguru Asako,
Keiko Mizuno,
Hiroki Takami,
Tomohisa Nomura,
Manabu Sugita

Affiliations

Ayaka Kamada: Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Juntendo University Nerima Hospital Tokyo Japan
Takayuki Komatsu: Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Juntendo University Nerima Hospital Tokyo Japan
Suguru Asako: Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Juntendo University Nerima Hospital Tokyo Japan
Keiko Mizuno: Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Juntendo University Nerima Hospital Tokyo Japan
Hiroki Takami: Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Juntendo University Nerima Hospital Tokyo Japan
Tomohisa Nomura: Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Juntendo University Nerima Hospital Tokyo Japan
Manabu Sugita: Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Juntendo University Nerima Hospital Tokyo Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6746
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 12
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract A 78‐year‐old Japanese man was in a state of shock with skin flushing. Although he denied, his wife revealed his prescription disulfiram for alcoholism. Disulfiram‐ethanol reaction, even though it is a rare cause of distributive shock, could be easily and quickly differentiated only based on accurate medical history and inspection.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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