Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
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Ann R Coll Surg Engl · Mar 1980
Frequency of atopy, allergy, and previous general anaesthesia in surgical specialties.
This paper reports part of a large survey of atopy, allergy, and previous anaesthesia in 10 000 preanaesthetic patients. The occurrence of these risk factors in the various surgical specialties has been assessed. Obstetric patients have a significantly higher frequency of atopy and allergy than the total female population studied. Among males cardiothoracic patients are the only group to have a significantly higher frequency of atopy and allergy than the overall figure for their sex.