Drug allergy evaluation in children with suspected mild antibiotic allergy
BackgroundAdverse antibiotic reactions caused by an immunological mechanism are known as allergic reactions. The percentage of reported antibiotic allergies is likely to differ from the one validated after a drug provocation test (DPT) with the culprit ...
Nikolaos Kitsos +7 more
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Cognitive behavior therapy in panic disorder and comorbid major depression - A naturalistic study [PDF]
Background: There is a lack of evidence about the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapies (CBT) in settings of routine clinical care as well as in the treatment of panic and comorbid disorders. Methods: We investigated a group-oriented CBT approach
Auer, Claudia +3 more
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The state and consideration for skin test of β-lactam antibiotics in pediatrics
β-lactam antibiotics are the most frequently used drugs and the most common drugs that cause allergic reactions in pediatrics. The occurrence of some allergic reactions can be predicted by skin testing, especially severe adverse reactions such as ...
Chunhui Gao +3 more
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Polyethylene glycols (PEG) or macrogols are polymers of ethylene oxide widely used in drugs either as active substances or, more commonly, as excipients.
Maria Pasali +4 more
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Nasal lysine aspirin challenge in the diagnosis of aspirin - exacerbated respiratory disease [PDF]
Background Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease is under-diagnosed and therefore effective and inexpensive therapy with aspirin desensitization is rarely performed.
Darby, Y +6 more
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Don't we overestimate drug allergies in children?
Objectives On average about 10% of parents report hypersensitivity to at least 1 drug in their children. After diagnosis process a few of these reactions are being confirmed as drug hypersensitivity reactions.
Daniela Podlecka +2 more
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Arrhythmia induction using isoproterenol or epinephrine during electrophysiology study for supraventricular tachycardia [PDF]
Background Electrophysiology study (EPS) is an important part of the diagnosis and workup for supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). Provocative medications are used to induce arrhythmias, when they are not inducible at baseline. The most common medication
Padanilam, Benzy J. +4 more
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Sublingual allergen immunotherapy with a liquid birch pollen product in patients with seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis with or without asthma [PDF]
Background: Sublingual allergen immunotherapy (SLIT) has been demonstrated to be both clinically efficacious and safe. However, in line with the current regulatory guidance from the European Medicines Agency, allergen immunotherapy (AIT) products must ...
Bachert, Claus +10 more
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Challenging dogmas: Intravenous versus oral beta-lactam antibiotic provocation tests
Background: Drug provocation tests (DPT) are considered the gold standard procedure to ascertain the diagnosis of beta-lactam (BL) allergy. Regarding route of administration, current recommendations prioritize oral challenges, considering them safer, and
Gustavo-Jorge Molina-Molina, MD +9 more
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A descriptive model of the offence chain for imprisoned adult male firesetters (descriptive model of adult male firesetting) [PDF]
Purpose: Firesetting has devastating consequences. Although some theoretical efforts have been made to explain firesetting (i.e., a small number of multi- and single-factor theories), little effort has been devoted to understand how deliberate ...
Barnoux, Magali F.L. +2 more
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