Perioperative chlorhexidine allergy: Is it serious?

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 152-154

  Abdallah, Claude ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; anesthesia; chlorhexidine; complications; perioperative

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISOSULFAN BLUE;

ALLERGY TEST; ANAPHYLAXIS; BASOPHIL DEGRANULATION TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; DERMATITIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPNEA; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG ULCER; PATCH TEST; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SKIN TEST; STOMATITIS; URTICARIA;

EID: 84929085940     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: 22312730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.155140     Document Type: Review

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