WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM DRUG-INDUCED ALLERGY IN AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT?
Abstract:
Anaphylaxis is reported as a life-threatening clinical emergency, rising in incidence over
the last years in relation to drug intake and it is characterized as being a systemic/generalized
hypersensitivity reaction. Diagnosis can be overlooked by emergency physicians because anaphylaxis
tends to vary in presenting forms and often might be under or wrongly diagnosed. In order to
diagnose and treat it as an emergency condition, it is not necessary to find an agent as a cause nor to
establish a clear mechanism but it becomes mandatory for further attitudes. We reviewed drug related
allergic reactions admitted to the Emergency Room Department of Târgu-Mureș during 2019,
creating an organized view around the incidence and underlying the foremost findings. From our
search criteria, we thoroughly reviewed each chart, and noticed that the drugs most commonly
involved in these reactions were antibiotics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and over the counter, the
myorelaxant drugs.
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