ALLMedicine™ Immediate Hypersensitivity Reactions Center

Apr 27th, 2022 - In evaluating adverse drug reactions (ADRs), patch tests (PTs), skin prick tests (SPTs), and intradermal tests (IDTs) are useful tools for identifying responsible drugs and finding safe alternatives. Their diagnostic value depends on the clinical ...

Apr 27th, 2022 - Radiocontrast media (RCM) are common elicitors of immediate and nonimmediate hypersensitivity reactions, manifesting predominantly as urticaria/anaphylaxis or exanthems, respectively. In the minority of patients with immediate hypersensitivity rea...

Feb 10th, 2022 - Laboratory Studies Testing for reaction to specific allergens can be helpful to confirm the diagnosis of allergic rhinitis and to determine specific allergic triggers. If specific allergic triggers are known, then appropriate avoidance measures ca...

Jan 19th, 2022 - Perioperative hypersensitivity reactions may be difficult to diagnose during general anesthesia. Postinduction hypotension is the most common sign but is not specific. It was recently suggested that low end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETco2) might be a ...

Jan 13th, 2022 - This Brief Review delves into B cell responses in the context of allergy. The primary contribution of B cells to allergy is the production of IgE, the Ab isotype that triggers immediate hypersensitivity reactions through the release of mediators f...

Jun 10th, 2021 - To assess the efficacy of skin tests with platinum salts in patients suspects with immediate hypersensitivity reactions. All patients adressed in consultation to the Allergy Department of university hospital of nancy for an immediate hypersensitiv...

Jun 20th, 2016 - Peanut allergy is one of the most serious of the immediate hypersensitivity reactions to foods in terms of persistence and severity of the reaction and appears to be a growing problem. Allergen-specific immunotherapy (IT) is currently being examin...

Mar 7th, 2016 - This is an open label phase II trial to evaluate the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of ThermoDox in combination wtih thermal ablation for the regional hepatic treatment of mCRC liver lesions. Eligible colorectal cancer patients will unresectabl...

Apr 6th, 2021 - A graded dosing protocol allowed two patients with hypersensitivity reactions to the first dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to receive their second doses safely, researchers said. The patients -- one with an immediate hypersensitivity reaction m...

Mar 25th, 2021 - A small percentage of people developed symptomatic hypertension minutes after getting a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a case series from Switzerland. Out of the first 12,349 people to get vaccinated at one hospital, nine people experienced sympto...

Mar 25th, 2021 - A small percentage of people developed symptomatic hypertension minutes after getting a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a case series from Switzerland. Out of the first 12,349 people to get vaccinated at one hospital, nine people experienced sympto...

Jan 6th, 2021 - While rare, the rate of anaphylaxis following COVID-19 mRNA vaccines appeared about 10 times that documented for flu shots, CDC officials said on Wednesday. Overall, 21 cases of anaphylaxis following COVID vaccination were reported out of about 1....

Allergy Testing Allergy testing is generally aimed at elucidating 2 distinct mechanisms of hypersensitivity. Immediate reactions are gauged by the presence of immunoglobulin E (IgE) in the context of clinical history and the presence of food-speci...