Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages 473-474 , May 2010

Does This Emergency Department Patient Have a Penicillin Allergy?

References 

  1. Raja AS, Lindsell CJ, Bernstein JA, et al. The use of penicillin skin testing to assess the prevalence of penicillin allergy in an emergency department setting. Ann Emerg Med. 2009;54:72–77
  2. Torres MJ, Mayorga C, Leyva L, et al. Controlled administration of penicillin to patients with a positive history but negative skin and specific serum IgE tests. Clin Exp Allergy. 2002;32:270–276
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 An installment of the Rational Clinical Examination Abstract series:

 This is a Rational Clinical Examination abstract, a regular feature of the Annals' Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine (EBEM) series. Each features an abstract of a Rational Clinical Examination review from the Journal of the American Medical Association and a commentary by an emergency physician knowledgeable in the subject area. The source for this Rational Clinical Examination abstract is: Salkind AR, Cuddy PG, Foxworth JW. Is this patient allergic to penicillin: an evidence-based analysis. 2001;85(19):2498-05. The Annals EBEM editors assisted in the preparation of the abstract of this Rational Clinical Examination abstract.

PII: S0196-0644(09)01509-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.08.025

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages 473-474 , May 2010

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