1. Causes of perioperative hypersensitivity reactions in the Netherlands from 2002 to 2014
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Maurits S. van Maaren, Ron Tupker, Vera Nederhoed, Heike Röckmann-Helmbach, Joanne N G Oude Elberink, Annick A J M van de Ven, Internal Medicine, and Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC)
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medicine.medical_specialty ,drug hypersensitivity reaction ,medicine.drug_class ,Immunology ,Antibiotics ,Drug allergy ,Immunoglobulin E ,Drug Hypersensitivity ,Internal medicine ,Allergy test ,medicine ,Immunology and Allergy ,Humans ,General anaesthesia ,general anaesthesia ,perioperative ,Perioperative Period ,Netherlands ,ANESTHESIA ,biology ,ANAPHYLAXIS ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Perioperative ,medicine.disease ,ALLERGY ,biology.protein ,business ,Anaphylaxis ,drug allergy - Abstract
Although relatively rare, immediate perioperative hypersensitivity reactions (POH) are important complications of drug administration prior to, during and after surgical and other interventional procedures. Both the incidence of immediate POH as well as their major culprits are difficult to establish and vary considerably between reports; the incidence may be as high as 1:1250 or almost a tenfold lower.(1) Most studies have a yield of positive allergy test results of 50 to 60%, suggestive of an immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated reaction. Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBA) were shown to be the most common cause of immediate POH in various countries including France and Australia,(2) while other countries (U.S.A., U.K., Spain, Denmark) identify antibiotics to be the primary culprit.(1, 3, 4).
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- 2022