Medical and economic impact of misdiagnosis of drug hypersensitivity in hospitalized patients

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 566-567

  Sastre, Joaquín ^a   Manso, Luis ^a   Sanchez García, Silvia ^a   Fernández Nieto, Mar ^a  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; QUINOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COST OF ILLNESS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COST; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VALIDITY;

EID: 84856455450     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.09.028     Document Type: Article

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