NEW YORK—Overall, perioperative anaphylaxis is rare, and fatal instances are very rare, but it is common enough that most anesthesiologists will experience at least one case over a period of seven years, according to June Chan, MB, an assistant professor of anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medical Center, in New York City. “If you haven’t seen it, you will,” Chan warned.
At the 2023 annual Postgraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology, Chan and Deirdre C. Kelleher, MD, also an