Allergy alerts ‐ the incidence of parentally reported allergies in children presenting for general anaesthesia

ConclusionOnly the minority of parent ‐reported allergies in paediatric surgical patients were specialist confirmed and likely to be clinically relevant. Self‐reported food allergy is commonly specialist verified, reactions to medications were generally not. Over‐reporting of allergies is increasingly common and limits clinician c hoice of medications. Better education of patients and their families and more timely verification or dismissal of parent‐reported reactions is urgently needed.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Pediatric Anesthesia - November 10, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: David L Sommerfield, Aine Sommerfield, Alina Schilling, Lliana Slevin, Michaela Lucas, Britta S von Ungern ‐Sternberg Tags: Research Report Source Type: research