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  • Dec 4, 2012, 07:38 PM
    Shawnh48
    Death by allergic reaction
    My mother died last week during heart surgery and the cause of death was an allergic reaction to protamine sulfate and she had allergies to sulfa drugs. Am I wrong making inquiries into her death?
  • Dec 5, 2012, 09:13 AM
    taxesforaliens
    I'm sorry for your loss.
    Sulfa drugs (based on the moiety sulfonamide) and sulfates are not chemically related. So a person with a sulfa allergy does not necessarily have an allergy to sulfates.
    Unless there are other indications that the doctors should have tested for protamine sulfate allergy, I guess there is no case. But you miht want to talk to an allergist.

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