Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 2018 Drug allergy encompasses a spectrum of immunologically-mediated hypersensitivity reactions with varying mechanisms and clinical presentations. This type of adverse drug reaction not only affects patient quality of life, but may also lead to delayed ...
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Identifying the most at-risk age-group and longitudinal trends of drug allergy labeling amongst 7.3 million individuals in Hong Kong [PDF]
BMC MedicineBackground Incorrect drug ‘allergy’ labels remain a global public health concern. Identifying regional trends of drug allergy labeling can guide appropriate public health interventions, but longitudinal or population drug allergy studies remain scarce ...
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Drug Allergy Profile From a National Drug Allergy Registry [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Background: Drug hypersensitivity reactions (DHRs) are among the most frequent reasons for consultation in allergy departments and are becoming more common due to increasing prevalence and case complexity.Objective: To describe the most common drugs ...
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New Challenges in Drug Allergy: the Resurgence of Excipients. [PDF]
Curr Treat Options Allergy, 2022 Purpose of Review Allergy to excipients is a cause of multidrug allergy and if it is not taken into account, it can lead to unexpected severe reactions.
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Feasibility of a drug allergy registry-based excipient allergy database and call for universal mandatory drug ingredient disclosure: the case of PEG [PDF]
Frontiers in Allergy, 2023 BackgroundExcipient allergy is a rare, but potentially lethal, form of drug allergy. Diagnosing excipient allergy remains difficult in regions without mandatory drug ingredient disclosure and is a significant barrier to drug safety.ObjectiveTo ...
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Hong Kong Drug Allergy Delabelling Initiative (HK-DADI) consensus statements for penicillin allergy testing by nonallergists. [PDF]
Front Allergy, 2022 Introduction Penicillin allergy testing has been traditionally performed by allergists, but there remains a huge deficit of specialists. A multidisciplinary effort with nonallergists would be invaluable to overcome the magnitude of penicillin allergy ...
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Dietary parameters in patients with drug allergy: Assessing dietary inflammatory index [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Background Research on the increasing incidence of allergic diseases evidenced the role of diet as a potential key factor. Diet can modulate the low-grade systemic inflammation related to obesity and several diseases.
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Allergy, Asthma & Clinical ImmunologyDrug allergy encompasses a spectrum of immunologically-mediated hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs) with varying mechanisms and clinical presentations. This type of adverse drug reaction (ADR) not only affects patient quality of life, but may also lead to ...
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Frontiers in Allergy, 2022 BackgroundDrug challenge tests serve to evaluate whether a patient is allergic to a medication. However, the allergy list in the electronic health record (EHR) is not consistently updated to reflect the results of the challenge, affecting clinicians ...
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Impact of a drug allergy education course for non-specialists: Findings from ADAPT-A randomized crossover trial. [PDF]
AllergyThe consequences of drug allergy remain a global health concern. Drug allergy is often a neglected topic and many non‐specialists lack sufficient knowledge or confidence in evaluating or managing this common condition.
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