title: Intradermal drug testing following anaphylactoid reactions during anaesthesia.
abstract: Intradermal testing of intravenous anaesthetic drugs was performed on 34 patients following acute anaphylactoid reactions during anaesthesia. Twenty-three patients had positive skin tests and 18 of these were positive for a single drug. Muscle relaxants were the drugs implicated most commonly. Intradermal testing is safe and provides useful and often specific positive information, but false-negative results probably occur.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous / Q000009:adverse effects; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007428:Intradermal Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics