J Invest Allerg Clin
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J Invest Allerg Clin · Jan 2011
Practice GuidelineReducing the risk of anaphylaxis during anesthesia: 2011 updated guidelines for clinical practice.
These guidelines represent the updated consensus of experts in the field of immediate hypersensitivity reactions occurring during anesthesia. They provide a series of valid, widely accepted, effective, and easily teachable guidelines that are the fruit of current knowledge, research, and experience. ⋯ The members of the European Network for Drug Allergy approved the guidelines. This paper presents the most relevant clinical implications of the guidelines.
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J Invest Allerg Clin · Jan 2011
Comparative StudyEnhanced diagnosis of pollen allergy using specific immunoglobulin E determination to detect major allergens and panallergens.
Pollen is one of the main causes of allergic sensitization. It is not easy to make an etiological diagnosis of pollen-allergic patients because of the wide variety of sensitizing pollens, association with food allergy, and increasing incidence of polysensitization, which may result from the presence of allergens that are common to different species, as is the case of panallergens. ⋯ Sensitization to panallergens could be a confounding factor in the diagnosis of polysensitized pollen-allergic patients as well as a marker for food allergy. However, more studies are required to further investigate the role of these molecules.
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J Invest Allerg Clin · Jan 2011
Chronic autoimmune urticaria: frequency and association with immunological markers.
Chronic autoimmune urticaria (CAU), a subgroup of chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU), is characterized by severe and persistent wheals accompanied by redness and itching. Diagnosis is almost completely based on clinical suspicion and the results of the autologous serum skin test (ASST). ⋯ ASST remains a baseline diagnostic test for CAU. Patients with CAU had more frequent attacks and higher antithyroid antibody titers and peripheral B-cell percentages, as well as lower absolute eosinophil counts and serum IgE concentrations.