title: Can clinical anaphylaxis to anaesthetic drugs be predicted from allergic history?
abstract: The incidence of a history of allergy, atopy or asthma is greater in patients who undergo life-threatening clinical anaphylaxis to anaesthetic drugs. However, because the incidence is low, the presence of such a history is not a reliable predictor of the likelihood of a reaction in an individual patient, and does not indicate that the patient should be investigated or pretreated, or that the selection of drug(s) be altered to reduce the likelihood of a reaction.
mesh_terms: D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications*; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000150:complications; D008487:Medical History Taking
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics