epi-sick

A popular term for the pale, green, nauseous, chest-pounding, tachycardic appearance of a patient who received aggressive epinephrine therapy for anaphylaxis or status asthmaticus, as the emergency resolves and the patient waits for the exogenous catecholamines to leave the system

epi-sick

Medtalk The pale, green, nauseated, intense, tachycardiac appearance of a Pt who received aggressive epinephrine therapy for anaphylaxis or status asthmaticus, as the emergency resolves and the Pt waits for the exogenous catecholamines to leave the system