Do latex precautions in children with myelodysplasia reduce intraoperative allergic reactions?

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 799-802

  Birmingham, Patrick K ^a   Dsida, Richard M ^a   Grayhack, John J ^a,b   Han, Jianping ^a,b   Wheeler, Melissa ^a   Pongracic, Jacqueline A ^a,c   Coté, Charles J ^a   Hall, Steven C ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Latex allergy; Myelodysplasia; Pediatric anesthesia; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELODYSPLASIA; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029843566     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-199611000-00018     Document Type: Article

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