Diagnosis and management of drug allergy in adults, children and young people: Summary of NICE guidance

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Dworzynski, Katharina ^a   Ardern Jones, Michael ^b   Nasser, Shuaib ^c  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; IMMUNOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; CHILD; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TRYPTASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908647931     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g4852     Document Type: Review

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