Hydroxyethyl starch-induced pruritus

Hydroxyethyl starch-induced pruritus is an intense itching, lasting for as long as one year, occurring following hydroxyethyl starch intravenous infusion for vascular insufficiency.[1][2]:401There is no treatment for the itch.

An updated clinical review on storage in different tissues describes a pattern of storage in the Reticuloendothelial System and also the skin (Wiedermann). Differential storage described via immunelectronical microscopy, see Ständer 2001 below.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06272.x/abstract;jsessionid=50872749F761755BEFCB0E0777C95698.d01t02
  2. ↑ Freedberg, et al. (2003). Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine. (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-138076-0.

External links

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/24257970/?i=1&from=wiedermann%20cj http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/11396719/?i=3&from=/24257970/related