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Allergy to anesthetic unknown until during surgery to transplant heart
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Anaphylactic shock when administered the anesthetic
23 yo/m
Originally presented with rash around 2 to 5 left rib
Then went into congestive heart failure and was in need of a transplant but had a reaction to administered anesthetic for surgery
Presenting severe heart failure
Has been intubated 2
Needs a complete transplant and is too weak for bypass or anything else obvious
Require ideas for the transplant
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