Drug Hypersensitivity - Prevention & control
Research News and Information

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Successful interferon desensitization in a patient with chronic hepatitis C infection.

5 Sep 2009 Treatment of hepatitis C, even when absolutely necessary, is almost impossible when interferon cannot be administered for any reason. We report a 65-year-old patient with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and fibrosis, who was unable to ... Read more...

Perioperative anaphylaxis.

30 Jul 2009 The incidence of immune-mediated anaphylaxis during anesthesia ranges from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 20,000. Neuromuscular blocking agents represent the most frequently involved substances, followed by latex and antibiotics, but every drug or substance ... Read more...

The pholcodine story.

30 Jul 2009 Anaphylactic reactions to neuromuscular blocking agents during general anesthesia constitute a major cause of concern and a great source of debate among anesthesiologists. The authors' recent investigations, taking the striking differences of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Drug Hypersensitivity - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Successful interferon desensitization in a patient with chronic hepatitis C infection. 5 Sep 2009
• Perioperative anaphylaxis. 30 Jul 2009
• The pholcodine story. 30 Jul 2009
• Drug-eluting stent thrombosis: the Kounis hypersensitivity-associated acute coronary syndrome revisited. 29 Jun 2009
• [Effect of preliminary medication on oxaliplatin hypersensitivity] 29 Jun 2009
• The convenience of flow cytometry for HLA-B*5701 screening to prevent abacavir hypersensitivity reactions. 29 Jun 2009
• [Crisis management during regional anesthesia including peripheral nerve block, epidural anesthesia and spinal anesthesia] 29 Apr 2009
• Medication reconciliation performed by pharmacy technicians at the time of preoperative screening. 29 Apr 2009
• A critical reappraisal of allopurinol dosing, safety, and efficacy for hyperuricemia in gout. 30 Mar 2009
• [Main principles of pathogenesis, diagnostics and prevention of drug allergy caused by local anaesthetics] 27 Feb 2009
• [Reactions to infliximab infusions in dermatologic patients: consensus statement and treatment protocol. Working Group of the Grupo Español de Psoriasis de la Academia Española de Dermatología y Venereología ] 27 Feb 2009
• Predicting factors for unsuccessful switching from nevirapine to efavirenz in HIV-infected patients who developed nevirapine-associated skin rash. 27 Feb 2009
• Overrides of medication alerts in ambulatory care. 7 Feb 2009
• Docetaxel-related side effects and their management. 5 Feb 2009
• Successful administration of cytarabine in a 16-month-old girl with acute myelogenous leukemia and cytarabine syndrome. 30 Jan 2009
• Aspirin desensitization in a patient with aspirin sensitivity and chronic idiopathic urticaria. 30 Jan 2009
• Acetylsalicylic acid and montelukast block mast cell mediator-related symptoms during rapid desensitization. 30 Jan 2009
• Management and successful desensitization in methotrexate-induced anaphylaxis. 30 Jan 2009
• Successful desensitisation to Anastrozole. 30 Dec 2008
• Late reaction to oral nystatin: the importance of patch testing. 30 Dec 2008

See a longer list of these articles.

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+