Drug Hypersensitivity - Classification
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Chemotherapy and biotherapy-induced hypersensitivity reactions.

29 Apr 2009 Nearly all chemotherapy and biotherapy drugs used in cancer treatment today can cause hypersensitivity reactions. Certain groups of drugs frequently associated with these reactions include the asparaginases, taxanes, platinum compounds, ... Read more...

Aspects of general medicine.

29 Sep 2008 Horizons in Medicine is a series produced annually by the Royal College of Physicians. Volume 19 is based on their Advanced Medicine Conference held in 2007 and offers updates on a wide range of topics in clinical medicine. This 'review of reviews' ... Read more...

Antibiotic adverse reactions and drug interactions.

30 Mar 2008 When contemplating antibiotic use, intensivists must consider possible beneficial and harmful drug interactions. After antibiotics are instituted, adverse reactions must be anticipated. Acute illness, comorbidities, and concurrent medications affect ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Drug Hypersensitivity - Classification'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Preface. Drug hypersensitivity. 30 Jul 2009
• Chemotherapy and biotherapy-induced hypersensitivity reactions. 29 Apr 2009
• Aspects of general medicine. 29 Sep 2008
• Antibiotic adverse reactions and drug interactions. 30 Mar 2008
• Understanding adverse drug reactions and drug allergies: principles, diagnosis and treatment aspects. 30 Dec 2007
• Type I allergy to insulin: case report and review of localized and systemic reactions to insulin. 30 Dec 2007
• Frequency and severity of acute allergic-like reactions to gadolinium-containing i.v. contrast media in children and adults. 29 Nov 2007
• [Antigenicity test] 30 Aug 2007
• Denominations and classification of severe cutaneous adverse reactions to drugs: splitters versus mergers. 31 Jul 2007
• Hypersensitivity reactions to biological drugs. 30 Jul 2007
• [Drug allergy--the pathogenesis and diagnostic assessment] 29 Jun 2007
• Drug allergy: when, where, why, and who? 29 Jun 2007
• Delayed drug hypersensitivity reactions - new concepts. 29 Jun 2007
• Type I and type IV allergy to insulin detemir. 7 Jun 2007
• Type I and type IV allergy to the insulin analogue detemir. 22 Feb 2007
• Challenge-based clinical patterns of 223 Spanish patients with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory-drug-induced-reactions. 30 Dec 2006
• Getting the data right: information accuracy in pediatric emergency medicine. 30 Jul 2006
• Adverse side-effects to biological agents. 30 Jul 2006
• [Approaches to classifying adverse reactions of radiopaque substances] 29 Jun 2006
• [Allergic reactions to paracetamol] 30 Aug 2005

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Technical information about 'Drug Hypersensitivity'

Definition: Immunologically mediated adverse reactions to medicinal substances used legally or illegally.

Descriptor UI: D004342

Alternative terms: Drug Hypersensitivity; Drug Hypersensitivities; Hypersensitivities, Drug; Drug Allergy; Allergies, Drug; Drug Allergies; Hypersensitivity, Drug; Allergy, Drug;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C20.543.206;

History Note: 66; was DRUG ALLERGY 1963-65

Technical Notes: use in conventional sense and not for allergy to every category D term; allergy to non-drug chemical substance=substance /ad eff + HYPERSENSITIVITY or its specifics /etiol; manual 23.24+