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LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY: ITS PREVALENCE AMONG DENTAL PROFESSIONALS

The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1996
Reports of hypersensitivity to latex are growing among oral health care workers, who have a high degree of exposure to latex products. The authors undertook a study to determine the prevalence of latex hypersensitivity among oral health care workers in a hospital dental practice.
G S, Safadi, T J, Safadi, G T, Terezhalmy, J S, Taylor, J R, Battisto, A L, Melton   +5 more
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IgE‐mediated hypersensitivity to latex in childhood

Allergy, 1997
A total of 267 children scheduled to receive anesthesia during a surgical, neurosurgical, or orthopedic intervention were investigated. IgE antibodies against latex were detected in serum samples of 6.4% (17/267 children) of the patients. The most important difference between sensitized and nonsensitized children was the number of surgical ...
U, Theissen, J L, Theissen, N, Mertes, R, Brehler   +3 more
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[Latex hypersensitivity in children].

Harefuah, 1993
Latex (natural rubber), which is obtained from the Hevea brasiliensis tree, is known to cause contact urticaria and aggravate pre-existing atopic dermatitis. We present a 4.5 year-old boy with bladder exstrophy and epispadias who developed generalized urticaria and bronchospasm during general anesthesia prior to correction of the epispadias.
Y, Levy, B, Kornbrot, Z, Grunewald
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Latex hypersensitivity: a case study.

Annals of allergy, 1993
We report 16 cases of latex allergy and the diagnostic methods used to determine sensitivity. By history, eight had usually experienced anaphylaxis during operative procedures, and eight experienced contact urticaria. Skin prick tests were positive in all subjects and negative in ten controls.
S N, Mathew, A L, Melton, W O, Wagner
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[Hypersensitivity to latex or natural rubber].

Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie, 2001
Le Coz Cj
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[Type I hypersensitivity to latex].

Allergie et immunologie, 1989
Allergy to latex causes serious accidents that are often unrecognised. These accidents are perfectly predictable by a simple interrogation, together with skin and biological tests. Populations at risk can be identified: persons undergoing treatment, particularly the disabled and also housewives.
G, Gay, M, Drouet, J C, Bonneau, J, Lesellin, A, Sabbah   +4 more
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[Latex hypersensitivity: a foreseeable accident?].

Cahiers d'anesthesiologie, 1996
This paper describes another case of severe anaphylactic reaction due to allergy to natural rubber during anaesthesia in a child without known risk factors. The day after surgery the child reported that he experienced a few months ago an impressive skin reaction of both face and lips after inflating a latex balloon.
M, Delorme, O, Gall, I, Constant, I, Murat   +3 more
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Management of latex hypersensitivity in the perioperative setting

Journal of Perioperative Practice, 2019
Despite the introduction and use of latex-free gloves, natural rubber latex hypersensitivity is still an issue in hospital medicine both for patients and healthcare professionals. Clear understanding of the groups at risk as well as perioperative assessment and management is key to reducing complications and improving safety. In this literature review,
Nikhil Agarwal, Stephen McDonnell, Wasim Khan   +2 more
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[Latex hypersensitivity, an increasing problem].

Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde, 2002
As a result of the frequent use of rubber containing products in medical health care, latex allergy is becoming an increasing problem. Based on a case history of a hospital employee, this paper will discuss the cause and consequences of this specific allergy.
A A, Ermens, S, Mol, H L, Vader
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Intraoperative latex hypersensitivity: do not overlook Penrose drains

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 2005
We report a case of intraoperative latex hypersensitivity to Penrose surgical drains (Ansell, Massillon, Ohio). To our knowledge, there has been no previous report of such a reaction with this device.
Philip D, Bailey, John L, Bastien
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