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Fatalities following allergen immunotherapy.
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Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology [Clin Rev Allergy Immunol] 2004 Oct; Vol. 27 (2), pp. 147-58. - Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Allergen immunotherapy has been in use for nearly 100 yr and has become an important method of reducing allergic symptoms in select patients with allergic rhinitis, asthma, and insect venom hypersensitivity. Unfortunately, immunotherapy has been associated with anaphylaxis and death. Although the relative risk of severe reactions to immunotherapy is low, the number of such reactions has increased since the introduction of standardized and more potent extracts. There are a number of risk factors associated with such severe anaphylactic reactions. Such risk factors include errors in dosage, failure to reduce the dosage after a longer than scheduled interval, administration of the wrong extract, inadvertent intravenous administration, failure to postpone injection because of infection or asthma exacerbation, failure to observe patients for appropriate length of time, failure to adhere to guidelines for established contraindications, concurrent use of beta-adrenergic blocking agents, uses of mixtures of allergens, immunotherapy during the active allergy season, and types of allergens. In this review, we focus on these and other risk factors in attempts to reduce the risk of anaphylaxis following allergen immunotherapy.
- Subjects :
- Age Factors
Allergens adverse effects
Anaphylaxis mortality
Asthma immunology
Asthma therapy
Australia epidemiology
Clinical Trials as Topic
Europe epidemiology
Female
Humans
Immunotherapy adverse effects
Male
Medication Errors classification
Rhinitis immunology
Rhinitis therapy
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
United States epidemiology
Allergens therapeutic use
Immunotherapy mortality
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1080-0549
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15576898
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1385/CRIAI:27:2:147