Suspected allergy to local anaesthetics: Follow-up in 135 cases

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 536-542

  Harboe, T ^a   Guttormsen, A B ^a,b   Aarebrot, S ^a   Dybendal, T ^a   Irgens, A ^a   Florvaag, E ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID HEXYL ESTER; ARTICAINE; CHLORHEXIDINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; TETRACAINE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGIC URTICARIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PRURITUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950468072     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02193.x     Document Type: Article

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