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The significant increase in Qsp/Qt and decrease in PaO 2 in the patients affected by pruritus can be interpreted as the effect of an imbalance in the ventilation/perfusion ratio, induced by the vasodilating action of vancomycin on the pulmonary circulation, as supported by the significant reduction in pulmonary vascular resistance at time point 3. Also, the respiratory changes were significant only in patients of group A who were not treated with a β-blocker, whereas preopera-tive use of the drug eliminated any significant respiratory change.
· Pruritus is also associated with a slight but significant reduction in PaO 2 and increase in Qsp/Qt.
Among the adverse effects of vancomycin (apart from nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity), anaphylactoid reactions may occur, which manifest clinically as cutaneous rash, pruritus ('red man' syndrome), hypotension and broncospasm [ 4, 8, 9].
· Patients affected by pruritus during vancomycin infusion but who were treated with a β-blocker before surgery did not exhibit any significant haemodynamic or respiratory change.
The development of pruritus, an important symptom of histamine release, is relatively frequent with vancomycin administration [ 2, 3, 4].