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Hacia un hospital sin látex

Medicina y Seguridad del Trabajo, 2008
El objetivo principal de este trabajo es, describir los pasos que se han dado en un hospital público para ir «Hacia un Hospital sin Látex». El aumento de la prevalencia de las enfermedades alérgicas, nos lleva a realizar una serie de actuaciones ...
Paz Uribe Llopis, Pilar Barbero Del Palacio, Mª Teresa Alonso Cobo, Ignacio Bardón Fernández-Pacheco, Mª Covadonga Caso Pita   +4 more
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Caracterização da hipersensibilidade a luvas de látex em profissionais da odontologia = Rubber latex gloves hypersensitivities in dental workers

Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 2007
As reações alérgicas ao látex vêm aumentando em profissionais da saúde e se manifestam como um incômodo local ou sintomatologia sistêmica. Para conhecer a freqüência das manifestações alérgicas nos usuários de luvas de látex foi realizada busca entre os ...
Flávia Sukekava, Ana Maria Sell
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Latex allergy and associated risk factors in a group of Turkish patients with spina bifida

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2004
Allergic reactions to latex are common in patients with spina bifida. Its incidence varies between 28% and 67%. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of latex allergy and its risk factors in patients with spina bifida in Izmir ...
Okan Gülbahar, Remziye Tanaç, Ali Kokuludağ, Figen Gülen, Aytül Sin, Demet Can, Ibrahim Ulman, Nihal Mete, Esen Demir, Filiz Sebik   +9 more
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The prevalence of latex allergy in hemodialized children and adolescents under 18 years of age in hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 2006

فصلنامه دانشگاه علوم پزشکی جهرم, 2010
Introduction: Ig E–mediated allergy to the protein of natural rubber latex is an important global health problem. Due to the specific immunity status of children and adolescents with renal failure, possible exposure to other cross-reactive allergens ...
hesam Nabavizadeh, Reza Amin, Mohmmad Zoladl   +2 more
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NATURAL RUBBER LATEX ALLERGY [PDF]

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America, 1995
K, Turjanmaa, H, Alenius, S, Mäkinen-Kiljunen, T, Reunala, T, Palosuo   +4 more
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[Latex allergy].

Allergologia et immunopathologia, 2005
Latex allergy has become an increasing cause of morbility in the last few years and is now recognized as an international health problem. The prevalence of latex sensitization among the general population is less than 1 %. The groups at highest risk include healthcare workers, rubber industry workers, patients with a history of multiple surgical ...
A, Valls, C Y, Pascual, M T, Caballero, M, Martín Esteban   +3 more
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Alergia al látex: historia, epidemiología, prevención y tratamiento

Acta Médica Costarricense, 2003
La alergia al látex de hule natural se ha convertido en un problema importante de salud en los trabajadores de la salud y en pacientes con espina bífida e intervenciones quirúrgicas múltiples.
Oscar Porras
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Allergy to latex in health workers

Iatreia, 2015
Introduction: A common and growing problem in hospitals is hypersensitivity to rubber latex antigens, since many products, including gloves, are manufactured from this material, with the consequent possibility of producing allergy in persons who use them.
Fajardo-Zapata, Álvaro L.
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Cross-reactivity syndromes: presentation of two cases and review of the literature

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2014
Cross-reactivity has important consequences in some immune disorders, including allergic and autoimmune diseases, which can affect both diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
Sakine Işık, Zeynep Arıkan-Ayyıldız, Şule Çağlayan-Sözmen, Fatih Fırıncı, Tuba Tuncel, Özkan Karaman, Nevin Uzuner   +6 more
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Current prevalence rate of latex allergy: Why it remains a problem? [PDF]

J Occup Health, 2016
Wu M, McIntosh J, Liu J.
europepmc   +1 more source